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COMPILATION OF LAWS 



RELATING TO 



COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM 



State Educational Institutions 



GEOEGIA. 



1897. 



ATLANTA, GEOEGIA: 

Geo. W. Habbison, State Pbinteb. 

(Franklin Printing and Publishing Company.) 

1897. 



COMPILATION OF LAWS 



/Otr 



RELATING TO 



COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM 



State Educational Institutions 



GKEOZRO-I.^. J-a*«, fck-U-Ws-L 



1897. 



ATLANTA, GEORGIA : 

Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer. 

(Franklin Printing and Publishing Company.) 

1897. 






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TABLE OF TITLES. 



Part I.— State Board of Education. 

II- — State School Commissioner. 
Ill- — County Board of Education. 
IV. — County School Commissioner. 

V. — Financial. 
VI.— Long Term Schools — Teachers' Be- 
ports. 
" VII.— County Institutes. 

VIII- — Examination of Applicants for Teach- 
er's License. 
" IX.— School Census. 
X. — Miscellaneous. 
XL — General Laws. 
XII.— Laws Governing State Institutions. 

Note.— The whole of the school laws were '-amended, revised 
and consolidated " by an Act approved in 1887, hence no 
reference is made in the marginal indices to Acts ap- 
proved at any time prior to that year. 



SCHOOL LAWS. 



PART I. 
.STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

&cts-ofi887 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ^ie 

of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by aa" a^on. 
authority of the same, That the Governor, the At- 
torney-General, Secretary of State, the Comptroller- 
General, and the State School Commissioner shall 
constitute the Georgia State Board of Education. 
Of this Board the Governor shall be ex officio Presi- 
dent, and the State School Commissioner the chief officers of 
executive officer. The Clerk of the State School theboarJ - 
Commissioner, as hereinafter provided for. shall be 
the Clerk of the State Board of Education. Hecuerkof 
shall be the custodian of its records, papers, and 
effects, and keep minutes of its proceedings, and 
said records, papers, and minutes shall be kept in 
the office of the Commissioner, and shall be open to 
inspection. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 2. That the said Board shall meet, upon the Meetings, 
call of its President or a majority of its members, at 
the office of the State School Commissioner at the 
Capitol, or at such other place as may be designated 
in the call. A majority of the Board shall consti- Q uorum 
tute a quorum for transacting business. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 3. That said Board mav take and hold, to it 2?™}L°° B 
and its successors, in trust for the State, any grant tionai pur- 
or devise of lands, or any donation or bequest of pos 
money, or other personal property, made to it for 
educational purposes, and shall forthwith place in 



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Moneysand the hands of the Treasurer of the State for safe- 
land dona- keeping all moneys and personal property so re- 
state 61 * by ceived, and titles to land, taking therefor a receipt 
Treasurer. f r0 in said officer. When it is evidently the inten- 
tion of the donor or devisor that the corpus of 
moneys thus received is not to 'be used, the General 
issembiv Assembly may, from time to time, invest said 
may invest moneys in the name of the State; provided, that all 
donations. mone y S obtained under this section, together with 
the profits accruing from their investment, shall be 
Profits sub- subject to use only for educational purposes. The 
fo? c educa! Treasurer of the State shall pay to the order of the 
poie^oniyl Board the income or principal thereof as said Board 
may, from time to time, require in pursuance of law, 
but no disposition of any devise, donation or be- 
quest shall be made inconsistent with the condi- 
tions or tenor of the devise, donation or bequest. 
For the faithful keeping of all property or moneys 
responsible so rece i ye( l by the Treasurer, he shall be responsible, 
upon his upon his bond to the State, as for other funds re- 
ceived by him in his official capacity. 
SeaL Sec. 4. That the State Board of Education shall Acts ons87 

procure a suitable seal, which shall be used for the pase 
authentication of the acts of the Board and the im- i 
stat- portant acts of the State School Commissioner. 
Board au Sec 5. That the State Board of Education shall A ^° fi V 887 

advisory page o». 

body and constitute an advisory body, with whom the State 
appeals^ School Commissioner shall have the right to consult 
!-^„ c } eci " when he is in doubt as to his official duty; and also 

sions of ■ , , . ■ y 

c. s. c. a body m the nature of a court to which appeals 
shall be from the decision of the State School Com- 
Appeais. missioner upon any question touching the construc- 
Appeais to tion or administration of the school laws; and the 
state Board decision of the State Board, when rendered, shall be 

muse be , .... . 

made in final and conclusive upon the matter in issue. Ap- 
through peals to the State Board must be made through the 
s b hooi unty County Commissioner in writing.and must distinctly 
commiss'r. set forth the question at law, as well as the facts, in 



Common School Laics. 



the case upon which the appeal is taken. Upon any 
question involving' the construction or administra- 
tion of the school laws, the concurrence of a major- ^° n n o c e u J fa . 
ity of the whole Board shall be necessary in order to majority 
give validity to the decision. Ml. 01 * 



Common School Laws. 



PART II. 



STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. 



State 
School 
Commis- 
sioner. 

Elected. 



Charged 
with ad- 
ministra- 
tion of the 
school laws 



Prescribes 
forms. 



Instruc- 
tions. 

Subordi- 
nate of- 
ficers gov- 
erned in 
the dis- 
charge of 
official du- 
ties by in- 
structions 
of State 
School 
Commis- 
sioner. 

Visits 
counties. 



Sec. 6. There shall be a State School Commis- Acts of i894 
sioner elected by the people at the same time and page 34 
manner as the Governor and State house officers 
are elected, whose term of office shall be two years 
and until his successor is elected and qualified. His 
office shall be at the seat of government and he 
shall be paid a salary not to exceed two thousand 
dollars (f 2,000) per annum. The General Assembly 
may substitute for the State School Commissioner 
such officer or officers as may be deemed necessary 
to perfect the system of public education.* He shall 
be charged with the administration of the school 
laws, and a general superintendence of the business 
relating to the common schools of the State. He 
shall prescribe suitable forms for the reports re- 
quired of subordinate school officers and blanks for A ° {s ^ 1887 
their guidance in transacting their official business, 
and shall, from time to time, prepare and transmit 
to them such instructions as he may deem necessary 
for the faithful and efficient execution of the school 
laws, and by whatsoever is thus communicated to 
them shall they be bound to govern themselves in 
the discharge of their official duty; provided, never- 
theless, there shall always be an appeal from the 
State School Commissioner to the State Board of 
Education as hereinbefore enacted. 

Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the State School Acts of iss? 
Commissioner to visit, as often as possible, the sev- page 69 

*The above, which is an amendment to the Constitution, was ratified 
at an election held in 1896. 



Common School Laws. 9 

eral counties of the State for the purpose of exaniin- g^^g,. 
ing into the administration of the school law in said j stration of 
counties, of counseling with school officers, of de- Delivers^' 
livering popular addresses, of inspecting school Se^es. 
operations, and of doing such other acts as he may* 11 ^*^ 
deem subservient to the interests of popular educa- ofschoois. 
tion. 

Acts ot 1887 g ec . g. The State School Commissioner shall see|«te o] 
that the proper actions provided by law are brought commis 
against all officers and agents of the system, who are fSate 
liable to the same, for misapplication of the school sui,s - 
fund or other cause. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 9. That the State School Commissioner shall sta^T ' 

page 70. make an annual report to the General Assembly, |^^ is . 

Amended i n which he shall present a statement of the condi- sioner. 

-Acts of 1892 , . , i -it .* j j _ • Contents. 

page 85. tion and amount of all funds and property appropri- 
ated to the purpose of public education; a state- ^adean- 
ment of the number of common and public schools, nuaiiy. 
of the various grades, in the State; the number of 
scholars attending such schools; their sex, color, 
and the branches taught; a statement of the aver- 
age cost per scholar of instruction under the com- 
mon school system in each county; a statement of 
the plans for the management, extension, and im- 
provement of the common schools; a statement of Mature of 
the number of children of school age in the State, repor 
with as much accuracy as the same can be ascer- 
tained; also, a statement of the number of private 
schools and of colleges of different kinds in the 
State; the number of pupils in such schools or col- 
leges, their sex, the branches taught, the average 
cost per scholar of tuition in said schools and col- 
leges. 

tag s e°7l 1887 Sec - 10 - Tnat the state School Commissioner shall expenses 3 ." 1 
be entitled to receive for his services the sum of 
two thousand dollars annually in quarterly install- Exp ense of 
ments. All his necessary traveling expenses in- °<Ece paid 
curred in the performance of his official duties, and ' 



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all postage and other expenses absolutely necessary 
arising in his office, shall 'be paid by the State. He 
cierk of shall also be entitled to employ one clerk to aid him 
Ichooi * n k* s official duties. His clerk shall receive an 
commis- annual salary, not exceeding twelve hundred dol- 
lars, to be paid quarterly. The salaries and other 
Paid out of expenses named in this section shall be paid out of 
school t ne State school fund on executive warrant. It 
fund. shall also be the duty of said Commissioner to keep 
itemized an itemized account of all expenses connected with 
account to his department, which account shall be audited by 

ept ' the State Board of Education. 
0ath Sec. 11. That before entering upon the discharge pagln. 1887 

of his official duties, the said Commissioner shall 
take and subscribe to the same oath required of 
other officers of this State. 



Common School Laics. 11 

PAET III. 

COUNTY BOAKD OF EDUCATION. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 12. That hereafter each and every county fraciuwon- 
pagevi. tlie g tate s jj a u com pose one school district, and shall district. 
be confided to the control and management of a 
County Board of Education. 
Ads of 1893 Sec' 13. That the grand jury of each county (ex- selection, 
page 62. cept those counties which are under a local system) & 1 , f D " d 
in this State shall from time' to time select from the terms of 
citizens of their respective counties five freeholders, members 
who shall constitute the County Board of Educa- BoTdJof 
tion. Said members shall be elected for the term of Education. 
four years, and shall hold their offices until their school-^ 
successors shall be elected and qualified; provided, nshers, U or 
however, that no publisher of school-books, nor any gg^ ^ r 
agent for such publisher, nor any person who shall ^° r s ^? r >. 
be pecuniarily interested in the sale of school-books, terested in 
shall be eligible for election as member of any Board l^™\ e ° f 
of Education or as County School Commissioner of boots mei- 
anv countv in this State. 
Acts o g f 1895 g ec 14/ That the members of the Board of Edu- S°,no? nsa ' 
cation in each county shall each be paid a per diem ^ o e a ^ e r f s 
not to exceed two dollars for each day's actual ser- Education. 
vice out of the school fund apportioned to the coun- 
ty; and their accounts for service shall be submitted 
for approval to the Ordinary or County School Com- 
missioner ; and they shall not receive any other com- 
pensation, such as exemption from road and jury 
dutv. 
page^ 1 ' 87 See - 15 - That whenever members of a County gjerk or 
Board are elected or appointed in pursuance of the court cer- 
provisions of the above section, it shall be the duty election. 
of the Clerk of the Superior Court to forward to the 
State School Commissioner a certified statement of 
the facts, under the seal of the court, signed officially 



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Common School Laws. 



Removal 
from office 
-of members 
of board. 



Vacancies 
filled by 
Judges of 
Superior 
Courts. 



President 
of board 



Secretary. 



Minutes 



Public rec- 
ord open to 
inspection. 



Sessions. 



by him, as evidence upon which to issue commis- 
sions, and the corresponding evidence of the election 
of a County Commissioner shall be the certified 
statement of the Secretary pro tern, of the meeting 
of the Board at which the election was held. Any 
member or members of the County Board of Educa- 
tion shall be removable by the judges of the Supe- 
rior Court of the county, on the address of two- 
thirds of the grand jury, for inefficiency, incapacity, 
general neglect of duty, or malfeasance or corrup- 
tion in office; that the Judge of the Superior Courts 
of this State shall have the power to fill vacancies 
by appointment in the County Boards of Education 
for the counties composing their respective judicial 
circuits, until the next session of the grand juries in 
and for said counties, when said vacancies shall be 
filled by said grand juries. 

Sec. 16. That the Board of Education shall elect £g° 7 f 2. 1887 
one of their num'ber President, who shall serve as 
such during the term for which he was chosen a 
member of the Board. The County School Commis- 
sioner shall be ex officio Secretary of the Board. A 
majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business. It shall be the duty of 
said Secretary to be present at the meetings of the 
Board, and to record in a book, to be provided for 
the purpose, all their official proceedings, which 
shall be a public record open to the inspection of any 
person interested therein, and all such proceedings, 
when so recorded, shall be signed by the President 
and countersigned by the Secretary. 

Sec. 17. That it shall be the duty of the County Acts of is87 
Board of Education to hold regular sessions on the page n ' 
first Tuesday of the month succeeding their election, Amended 
and each three months thereafter, at the court-house Actsof 1393 
of the county for the transaction of business pertain- page 
ing to the public schools, with power to adjourn 
from time to time, and in case of the absence of the 



Common School Laws. 13- 

President or Secretary, they may appoint one of 
their own number to serve temporarily. 
Acts of i8S9 Sec. 18. That the County Boards shall lay off their sub school, 
page 124. counties into sub-school districts, in each of which di * tricts - 
Amended sub-school districts they shall establish one common 
paglm?* 9 school each for the white and colored races where 
the population of the two races is sufficient, which 
schools shall be as near the center of the sub-school Location of 
districts as can conveniently be arranged, reference schools. 
being had to any school-house already erected, and 
population of said sub-school district, and to the 
location of white and colored schools with regard to 
contiguity; provided, however, that in such sub-school Additional. 
districts where more than one school is demanded, sch00ls - 
then they may establish one or more additional 
schools in such sub-school district; and provided also, 
that whenever it becomes proper to lay off new sub- 
school districts, or alter the boundaries of those Bounda . 
already laid off, the said Board shall have full power rics. 
to make such changes as the public necessities may 
require. The said County Boards are also empow- 
ered to employ teachers in the manner hereinafter Board 
page 1 !! 9 ;! pointed out, to serve in the schools under their juris- teachers. 
diction, and the contracts for said service shall be 
in writing, signed in duplicate by the teacher on his 
own behalf and by the County School Commissioner i a writing;. 
on behalf of the Board. That the County Boards of 
Education, whenever, in their opinion, the good of 
the schools in their respective counties demand it, 
may, at their discretion, at their first meeting after 
the passage of this law, appoint three intelligent, 
upright citizens of each sub-district of their respect- 
ive counties to act as school trustees for their sub- frustees.. 
districts, naming one of the appointees to serve for 
one year, and one for two, and one for three years; 
and as vacancies occur by the expiration of the 
terms of incumbents, the Boards shall fill those 
vacancies with appointees whose term of service 



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Common School Laws. 



To fill 
vacancies. 



Certificates 
of appoint- 
ment from 
County 
School 
Commis- 
sioner. 

Duties of 

school 

trustees. 



fchool 
trustees 
recom- 
mend ap- 
plicants for 
teachers' 
place?. 



Trustees to 
make f.n 
annual 
written re- 
port to 
County 
Board?. 



Schoc 1 
propi ity. 



shall be three years; and should vacancies occur by 
death, resignation, or otherwise, the Boards of Edu- 
cation shall fill these vacancies for the unexpired 
term; and whenever School Trustees are chosen as 
herein provided, the fact shall be recorded in the 
minutes of the County Boards, and the appointees 
shall receive certificates of their appointment from 
the County School Commissioner, and these certifi- 
cates shall be their sufficient warrant for entering 
upon and performing the duties of their office. That 
it shall be the duty of the School Trustees herein 
provided for to supervise the school operations of 
their sub-districts, to visit the schools, and to make 
such recommendations to the County Boards, in re- 
lation to the school interests of their sub-districts, as 
may seem to them best, and especially in the matter 
of choosing teachers for their sub-districts. It shall 
be their right to recommend applicants, and it shall 
be the duty of the County Boards to choose as teach- 
ers the persons so recommended; provided, they shall ProvLso 
be persons duly qualified and eligible according to 
the provisions of existing law; and furthermore, it 
shall be the duty of the School Trustees, in recom- 
mending persons as teachers, to recommend those 
persons who, in their opinion, are the choice of the 
communities to be served; and it shall furthermore 
be the duty of the School Trustees to make a written 
report, once a year, to the County Boards in rela 
tion to the matters committed to their supervision, 
or oftener if required by the County Boards of Edu- 
cation. 

Sec. 19. That the County Boards of Education Ac ts of 1887 
shall have power to purchase, lease, or rent school page 73 - 
sites; to build, repair, or rent school-houses; to pur- 
chase maps, globes and school furniture, and to 
make all other arrangements of this kind necessary 
to the efficient operation of the schools under their 
care; and the said Boards shall also be, and are here- 



Common School Laws. 15 

by, invested with the title, care, and custody of all 
school-houses, sites, school libraries, apparatus, or 
other property belonging to the sub-districts, as now 
defined, or as may hereafter be defined, in their sev- 
eral counties, with all power to control the same, in 
such manner as they think will best subserve the 
interests of common schools ; and when, in the opin- 
ion of the Board, any school-house site has become ga]e 
unnecessary or inconvenient, they may sell and con- 
vey the same in the name of the County Board of 
Education, such conveyance to be executed by the 
President or Secretary of said Board according to 
the order of the Board. They shall have power to 
receive any gift, grant, donation, or devise made for Douaii °ns. 
the use of common schools within their respective 
counties; and all conveyances of real estate which Propeity 
may be made to said Board shall vest the property any wfunty 
in said Board of Education and their successors in [° ^vested 
office. It shall also be the duty of said Board of Boa- d of 
Education to make arrangements for the instruction Educatl0U - 
of the children of the white and colored races in sep- f*"l t 
arate schools. They shall, as far as practicable, pro- separately. 
vide the same facilities for both races in respect to 
attainments and abilities of teachers and length of 
term-time; but the children of the white and colored 
races shall not be taught together in any common or 
public school of this State; and in respect to the Buildingof 
building of the school-houses mentioned in this sec- ^°°ei ° 
tion, the said Board of Education may provide for 
the same, either by labor on the part of the citizens 
of sub-districts to be served, or by a tax on their 
property, as may be hereinafter provided. 
Acts of 1887 Sec. 20. That the County Board of Education {ggg*, 
page 74. shall constitute a tribunal for hearing and determin- judicial 
ing any matters of local controversy in reference to 
the construction or administration of the school law, 
with power to summon witnesses and take testimony 
if necessarv; and when they have made a decision, 



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Appeal to 
State 
.School 
Commis- 
sioner. 



Appeal 
shall be 
made in 
writing 
through 
County 
School 
Commis- 
sioner. 



Text-books 



Bible can- 
not be ex- 
cluded. 



Length of 
contract- 
how 
changed. 



Books of 
a sectarian 
or sectional 
character 
prohibited. 



said decision shall be binding upon the parties to the 
controversy; provided, that either of the parties 
shall have the right to appeal to the State School 
Commissioner, and said appeal shall be made 
through the County Commissioner in writing, and 
shall distinctly set forth the question in dispute, the 
decision of the County Board and the testimony, as 
agreed upon by the parties to the controversy, or if 
they fail to agree, upon the testimony as reported 
by the Commissioner. 

Sec. 21. That the County Board of Education ' 
shall prescribe, from time to time, what text-books page 74 }f" 
and books of reference shall be used in the common 
schools of the county; provided, that the Bible shall 
not be excluded from the common or public schools 
of the State; and provided further, that when such 
text-books are prescribed, they shall not be changed 
for five years thereafter, except by a three-fourths 
vote of all the Board; and provided further, that the 
County Boards shall not be permitted to introduce 
into the schools any text or miscellaneous book of a 
sectarian or sectional character. No teacher shall 
receive pay for any pupil who is allowed to use any 
other than the prescribed text-books. 



Common School Laivs. 17 

PART IV. 
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 22. That the County Boards of Education county 

page 74. ghai^ from the citizens of their counties, select a commis- 
County Commissioner of Education, who shall be ex sumer. 
officio county superintendent of the common schools, 
and who shall hold his office for the term of four 
years. Before election the applicants for position of Examina . 
County School Commissioner shall be examined by uon. 
the President of the County Board of Education, or 
by some one appointed by him or the Board for that 
purpose, upon written or printed questions, which Questions 
shall be furnished to the Board by the State School by r snte d 
Commissioner — said examination to be upon the co^mis- 
subjects taught in the common schools, upon the^oner. 
science and theory of common school teaching and Hond!° u 
government, and upon such other subjects as the 0ath- 
State School Commissioner may deem proper. The 
said County Board of Education shall then elect Election. 
such applicant County School Commissioner, who 
has stood satisfactory examination, taking into con- 
sideration the moral character, business qualifica- 
tions, and general availability of each applicant. 
The County School Commissioner so elected shall be 
required to give bond with good security, payable to Bond, 
the County Board of Education, conditioned upon 
the faithful performance of his duty under the law, 
the amount and sufficiency of the security to be 
judged by the County Board of Education. 

page 75 1887 ^ eC- ^' Before entering upon the discharge of his oath, 
official duties, the said Commissioner shall take and 
subscribe to the same oath required of the other 
officers of this State. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 24. The County School Commissioner may Removal 
be removed from office^before the expiration of his from office * 



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Common School Latvs. 



For what 
cause. 



Appeal. 



Vacancy. 



How filled. 



Duties of 
Co. School 
Commis- 
sioner. 



Visits 
schools. 



Agent of 

County 

Board in 

procuring 

furniture, 

apparatus, 

etc. 



Audits 
accounts. 



Keeps 
records. 



page 77. 



term by a majority vote of the Board of Education 
for inefficiency, incapacity, neglect of duty, or mal- 
feasance or corruption in office; provided, that any 
Commissioner so removed shall have the right of 
appeal from the action of the County Board to the 
State School Commissioner, and from the State 
School Commissioner to the State Board of Educa- 
tion. 

Sec. 25. Should there be a vacancy in the office Acts of 1887 
of County School Commissioner, by resignation or page75- 
otherwise, an examination and election for the 
remainder of the vacant term shall be held in the 
same manner, and by the same authorities, as for 
that of a full term. 

Sec. 26. That the County Commissioner shall con- Actsof i887 
stitute the medium of communication between the 
State School Commissioner and the subordinate 
school officers; that he shall visit each school in his 
county at least once during the school term, or twice 
if practicable, and oftener if ordered by the Board, 
and without notice to the teachers, for the purpose 
of inspecting its management and the modes of in- 
struction, and of giving such advice and making 
such suggestions as shall tend to elevate it in char- 
acter and efficiency. He shall be the agent of the 
County Board in procuring such school furniture, 
apparatus, and educational requisites as they may 
order to be purchased, and shall see that none but 
the prescribed text-books are used by the pupils; 
that it shall be his duty to audit all accounts of 
teachers and others before an application is made 
to the County Board for an order for payment, and 
that the said County Commissioner shall procure a 
book, in which he shall keep a record of his official 
acts, which, together with all the books, papers and 
property appertaining to his office, he shall turn 
over, on his resignation, or at the expiration of his 
official term, to his successor 



Common School Laws. 19 

Acts of 1887 g ec 27. That the said County Commissioner shall SfSH*?; 
receive such compensation as the County Board may county 
allow him, not to exceed three dollars per day, to be commis- 
determined by the County Board of Education, for sioner - 
each day actually employed in the discharge of his 
official duties, the same to be paid out of the educa- 
tional fund furnished to the county. His claim for 
services shall be presented in the form of an account 
against the County Board of Education, and shall ciaim for 
be verified by affidavit, to the effect that the said verified by 
account is just and true; that the service therein j^Yudit- 
named was honestly and faithfully rendered, and ed by co. 
that the sum therein claimed is rightfully due and Education. 
remains unpaid. When said account shall have 
been duly audited and approved by the County 
Board, the said Commissioner shall retain his pay 
out of the revenue aforesaid; provided, that the 
County Board of Education shall determine the H w aid 
number of days in each year in which said County owpa1 ' 
Commissioner may labor in the performance of the 
duties required of him. 
Acts of 1893 Sec. 28. That it shall be the dutv of the countv commis- 
pagees. authorities of the different counties of this State to faEK&a 8 
furnish the County School Commissioners thereof °® c r e t . in 
an office in the court-house thereof; provided, there house, 
is sufficient room in said court-house after furnish- if sufficient 
ing the county officers of such county with offices as room- 
now provided for by law. 
Acts of 1887 Sec. 20. That Countv School Commissioners and school 
page si. meul bers of the County Boards of Education shall be ?&ST?o 
empowered and authorized to administer such oaths administer 

i • , ■, oaths. 

as may be necessary m transacting school business, 
or in conducting investigations before the County 
Boards when sitting as judicial tribunals for deter- 
mining controversies arising under school laws. 



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Report and 
books of 
< 'ounty 
School 
Commis- 
sioner 
submitted 
to grand 
jury. 



Sec. 30. That it shall be the duty of the County Ac , s , ofil887 
School Commissioner of each of the counties of this page'isi. 
State to make a report of the school operations of 
the preceding year to the grand jury, at the spring 
term of the court, and to place his books before 
them for examination ; and in making up the general 
presentments, it shall be the duty of the jury to 
take proper notice of the matters thus brought to. 
their attention. 



Common School Laws. 21 

PART V. 

FINANCIAL. 

Sec. 31. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Money be- 
of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of coS' 

tSs of Sss the same > Tnat beginning with the taxes for the f^ ^ be 

page 45. year 1895, all moneys belonging to the common paid direct- 
school fund of the State, including poll taxes and Treasury 6 

aSISisw specific taxes, shall be paid direct into the State K S o? h . 

page 60. Treasury in like manner as other State taxes are er than 

-iii>-iiiii t a common 

paid, and said common school fund shall be used tor school 
no other than common school purposes, as provided P ur P° ses - 
by law. 
Acts of 188- Sec. 32. That on the 31st day of March, the 30th Apportion- 
pag e7o. day of Jnne> the 30th day of September, and theSi° f 

31st day of December in each year, or as soon fuud - 
Acuof 1894 thereafter as practicable, the Treasurer of the State pr 
page 67. sliall pi ace ^- tkQ cr edit of each county in the State, O f O each 10n 
on his books, its proportionate part of the common ^pkced 
school fund in the treasury on each of said dates, to us credit 
such proportionate part to be determined by the Treasurer 
State School Commissioner, the Comptroller-Gen- quarter ' y - 
eral, and the Treasurer, and to be based upon the How 
proportion which the school population in each po°rtiou°to 
county bears to the school population in the State mined 161 
as shown by the last school census; provided, how- 
ever, that the salaries of the State School Commis- items 
sioner and his clerk or clerks, and the expenses of to "fneraf 
his office, and any other items properly chargeable j£g t d d °. be 
under the law to the general school fund, shall be ducted. 
deducted out of the said fund before making the Quarterly 
aforesaid apportionment to the counties. by^Tulfty 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 33. That on or before the 30th day of April, school 
page79 - the 31st day of July, the 31st day of October, and SSSf 
the 31st day of January of each year, the County | nd s u d n u . e 
School Commissioner of each county shall, under paid by 
the approval of the Couu ty Board of Education, Board* 



22 



Common School Laws. 



When 
statement 
approved 
and pre- 
sented 
warrant to 
be drawn. 



Payment 
of money 
on such 
warrants. 



Disburse- 
ment by 
County 
School 
Commis- 
sioners. 



If money 
not suffi- 
cient to 
pay 

indebted- 
ness. 



When 
money due 
under con- 
tracts with 
teachers. 



School 
year 

coincident 
with calen- 
dar year. 



transmit to the State School Commissioner an item- 
ized statement of the various sums due and unpaid Amended 
by the County Board of Education on said several ££L% i ;* 1 
dates mentioned in section 32, whether the same be 
for teachers' salaries, for pay of the County School 
Commissioner, or for any other item of expense 
properly chargeable under the law to the County 
Board of Education; and w T hen said itemized state- 
ments have been approved by the State School Com- Amended 
missloner and presented to the Governor, the Gov- page60. 1SM 
ernor shall issue his warrants upon the Treasurer 
for all the funds standing to the credit of each of 
the several counties upon the books of the Treas- 
urer, or for such part thereof as may be needed to 
liquidate the indebtedness of the County Board of 
Education of such county, as shown by each item- 
ized statement aforesaid. And the State Treasurer 
shall, upon the presentation of the warrants afore- 
said, draw his checks for the amounts of said war- 
rants in fay or of the County School Commissioners 
of the several counties, and the State School Com- 
missioner shall immediately transmit said checks to 
the several County School Commissioners, who shall 
promptly disburse the money so received in payment 
of the sums set out in the itemized statement afore- 
said; and if the money is not sufficient to pay said 
sums in full, then it shall' be prorated among the 
various items; provided, that the expenses of admin- 
istration for each quarter shall first be paid in full y 
and the County Boards of Education are hereby 
authorized to' make their contracts in such manner 
that the amounts payable to teachers for services 
rendered up to the end of the calendar quarter shall 
become due on the days specified in this section. 

Sec. 34. That beginning with January 1st, 1895, Acts of 1887 
and continuing thereafter, the school year shall be pase 8 " 
coincident with the calendar year, to wit: from 
January 1st to December 31st thereafter, and the 



Common School Laics. '2'B 

State School Commissioner, State Treasurer, and 
Comptroller-General shall, on or before the first 
Amended Tuesday in December each year, beginning in 1894:, ofVntfn* 
page 59. 1898 or as ^ 00n tnereaftei ' as practicable, make an esti- f U ^°f or 
mate of the entire common school fund of the State ensuing 
Amended for the next succeeding school year, and shall at year ' 
^59 1894 onee. communicate in writing to the County School county 
Commissioner of each county the amount of money school 
Amended that will be payable to his county; and on the first sionereto 
tagl t! m Tuesda y in January in each year, or as soon there- J f e &° e ir fied 
after as practicable, each County Board of Educa- proportion, 
tion shall meet and make the necessary arrange- 
ments for placing the schools in operation for the Boards to 
next school year, and shall have full authority in arran ?? for 
their discretion either to fix salaries for the payment oTschoois. 
of teachers, or to pay them according to the enroll- 
ment or attendance; provided, that nothing in this Timeof 
Act shall be construed to affect the right of the re- operating 
spective counties of the State to select the time of tKlmy" 
operating; their schools, which shall be left entirely * oards - 
to the County Boards of Education, nor shall it schools 
affect or change the time of operating. their schools speSa or 
under any special or local laws in any county in this l o c t allaiTS 
State; provided further, it shall not affect the quar- affected. 
terly payments of teachers as by this Act directed. 
Acts of 1893 Sec. 35. That in those counties having local school JKlre 
paget;o. i aws where schools are sustained by local taxation l0 ™ 1 1 
Amended for a period of five months or more, the State School laws^or 
P a c ge°62 Commissioner shall, on the first day of January, ^f is 
April, July and October of each rear, or as soon ,axat . ion 
thereafter as practicable, notify the Governor of the school 
amount of funds standing to the credit of each of state com- 
such counties on the books of the Treasurer on said missi ° n er 
dates, arising from the quarterly apportionments Governor 
aforesaid, and thereupon the Governor shall issue quarterIy ' 
his warrants for said sums and the Treasurer shall 0famount 
draw his checks for said sums without requiring the °" each* 
itemized statements as provided in section 33; and eounty ' 



24 



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And 
warrant, 
etc., to 
issue 
therefor. 

Without 
requiring 
itemized 
statements 
as above. 

Chfcksto 
be immedi- 
ately trans- 
mitted. 

Payments 
of school 
boards of 
towns or 
cities. 



Estimate 
of school 
population 



To whom 
paid. 



School 
fund for 
each year 
to be a 
fixed sum. 

Estimate 
of school 
fund for 
ensuing 
year. 

Division of 
fund so 
estimated. 

If specific 
taxes fall 
short. 

Balance 
may be 
paid from 
any fund 
not other- 
wise ap- 
propriated. 



the State School Commissioner shall immediately 
transmit said checks to the officer under the local 
school system authorized to receive its funds, and 
the State School Commissioner shall, in like man- 
ner, pay over to the proper officer under the school 
board of any town or city having a school system 
sustained by local taxation for a period of five 
months or more, and to which he is now authorized 
by law to make direct apportionments, such propor- 
tion of the entire county fund as shown on the books 
of the Treasurer as the school population of the 
town or city bears to the population of the county, 
as shown by the last school census; provided, that 
all children of school age resident in said county, 
and attending the public schools of such town or 
city, shall be counted in the school popuation of 
such town or city and be entitled to have their share 
of such county fund paid over to the proper officer 
of the school board of such town or city. 

Sec. 36. That the school fund for each calendar Actsofl887 
year shall be a fixed and specified sum, and in order P a s e 70 - 
to carry out this provision the State School Com- Amended 
missioner, the Comptroller-General, and the Treas- p a C ge el 1894 
urer shall, on the first Tuesday of December of each 
year, beginning with 1894, or as soon thereafter as 
practicable, make an estimate of what the school 
fund for the ensuing year shall be from the 
specific taxes, direct appropriations, and from 
any other sources of supply which now belong to 
the school fund or may hereafter belong to the 
school fund, and said fund, when so estimated, shall 
be divided into four equal parts, and each of said 
parts shall be available and payable at the time spe- 
cified in this Act; provided, that in the event that 
the said specific taxes shall fall short of said esti- 
mate, then the balance necessary to meet the pro- 
visions of said estimate is hereby authorized to be 
paid from any fund in the treasury not otherwise 
appropriated. 



Common School Laics. 25 

Act< of 188- Sec. 37. That when the State School Commission- Basis of 
page n. eFj the comptroller-General, and the Treasuer shall ffifo? of 
meet on the first Tuesday in December, or as soon ensuiD g 
thereafter as practicable, as provided in this Act. to 
make the estimate of the school fund provided for 
in section 34 of this Act. they shall base said esti- 
mate upon the amount of school fund coming into 
the treasury for the year preceding the year for 
which said estimate is made. 
Acts of ism Sec. 38. That for the support and maintenance of souses of 
page 79. the common schools of this State the poll tax. special fund. 
tax on shows and exhibitions, all taxes on the sale 
of spirituous and malt liquors, dividends upon the 
stock of the State in the Bank of the State of Geor- 
gia, Bank of Augusta. Georgia Kailroad and Bank- 
ing Company, and such other means or moneys as 
now belong by law to the Common School Fund, 
one-half of the proceeds of the rental of the Western 
and Atlantic Railroad, or one-half the annual net 
earnings of said railroad as ascertained by subtract- 
ing the annual cost of running and keeping up the 
road from the annual gross receipts under any 
change of policy which the State may adopt here- 
after in reference to said railroad; all endowments, 
devises, gifts, and bequests made, or hereafter to be 
made, to the State or State Board of Education: the 
proceeds of any commutation tax for military ser- 
vice; all taxes which may be assessed on such domes- 
tic animals as from their nature and habits are de- 
structive to other property; all money received by 
the Agricultural Department of this State for the 
inspection of oils and fertilizers in excess of what 
may be necessary to defray the expenses of said 
Agricultural Department: the net amount arising 
from the hire of convicts of this State, after all ex- 
penses that are now or may hereafter be made a 
charge upon said fund shall have been deducted 



26 Common School Laws. 

from the gross amount thereof; *any educational 
fund now belonging to the State (except the endow- 
ment of and debt due to the University of Georgia), 
and such other sums of money as the Legislature 
shall raise 'by taxation or otherwise from time to 
time for educational purposes, are hereby declared 
to be a common school fund; and when said com- 
mon school fund shall be received and receipted for, 
from whatever source received, it shall be the duty 
of the officer authorized by law to receive such fund 
to keep the same separate and distinct from other 
funds, and said fund shall be used for educational 
purposes and none other, and shall not be invested 
in bonds of this State, or in other stock, except when 
investment is necessary to carry out the conditions 
of an endowment, devise, gift, or bequest, and when 
taxes are paid into the treasury of the State the 
Comptroller-General shall in no case receipt a Tax- 
must be " Collector for the same until that part of the tax 
fromother so P a id ]D u which was raised for school purposes, is 
taxes. separated in amount from the gross amounts paid in. 

-•Money arising from the lease of oyster lands was made a part of the 
School Fund in 1889. 



Common School Laics. 2Z 



PART VI. 

LONG TERM SCHOOLS.— TEACHERS* RE- 
PORTS. 

Acts of 1894 Sec. 39. That whenever the Board of Education Long term 
page 62. £ an ^_ coun ty within the State shall hare entered sc 
into a contract with a teacher to teach a common 
school in any sub-district within its jurisdiction in 
accordance with this Act. it shall be lawful for said suppie- 
teacher to enter into a supplemental contract with J^^cts. 
the patrons of said school to teach a private ele- 
mentary school in connection with said common 
school, and to embrace the period allowed by law Their <«._ 
for the said public term; provided, that the con " ^ent left 
tracting with teachers under the provisions of this to me dis- 
Act shall be left to the discretion of the several £S. of 
County Boards of Education. 
Acts of 188- Sec. 40. That upon said private supplemental contract 
pas contract being examined and approved by the Jroimobe 

Board of Education of the county in which said £P p b r °a' r e d d 
school is located, it shall be the duty of said teacher 
to enter, as pupils in said private school, all schol- 
ars of common school age (regard being had to 
separate schools, as now required by law) who may 
enter said school at any time within the term or 
scholastic year of said private school. It shall be 
the duty of said teacher to keep an accurate account 
of the number of such pupils and the number of anenddu^ 
days actually attended by each pupil, and when ins the pri- 
said private school shall have closed, said teacher the*erm° 
may make out an account against the County Board Te cher , s 
of Education for the full number of days each of account, 
said pupils may have attended said schools, not to out m 
exceed the whole number of days now or hereafter 
to be prescribed by law; provided, that nothing in 
this Act shall be so construed as to prevent any 



i28 Common School Laws. 

mon°chooi common school scholar from entering said school as 
scholar pre pupil, if the parent or guardian of said pupil shall 
Troinenter- elect to enter him or her for the period of the public 
meritsof term, and upon the merits of the common school 
the com- fund only. That no teacher shall be contracted 
-fund! 50 °° with under the provisions of this Act until he or 
she has been duly licensed as a common school 
Teachers teacher; that every teacher contracted with under 
ncense. provisions of this Act shall be required to make the 
Must make same reports and returns to the County School Corn- 
reports, missioners as are now required of teachers of com- 
mon schools in this State, and until said private 
schools shall have been taught according to con- 
tract, and said reports and returns are so made, it 
shall not be lawful for the Board of Education to 
pay him or her for such services as such teacher. 

Reports of Sec - 4L That it sha11 be the dut J of the teachers * c * #. 1887 
teachers, to make and file with the County Commissioners at 
the expiration of each term of school, a full and 
complete report of the whole number of scholars ad- 
mitted to the school during said term, distinguish- 
ing between males and females and colored and 
white, together with the names thereof and the en- 
tire and the average attendance, the branches 
taught, the number of pupils engaged in the study 
of each of the said branches, and such other statis- 
tics as he or she may be required to report by the 
County Commissioner, or 'by the State School Com- 
untiire- missioner, and until such report shall have been 
forare alled prepared, sworn to and filed by said teacher as 
made, aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for said County 
accounV Commissioner to audit the account of said teacher 
-audited be ^ or n * s or ^ er services. 



Common School Laws. 29» 

PART VII. 

COUNTY INSTITUTES. 

Acts of i89i Sec. 42. (An Act authorizing the State School county in- 
page 121. Commissioner) to organize and establish in each s:uutes " 
county in Georgia a Teachers' County Institute for 
the assembling and instruction of the common 
school teachers of each county in the State, said 
institute to hold an annual session of one week's Sessions - 
amended duration in each county of Georgia in the period of 
page si 1892 June, July, and August, or in such other month as 
the State School Commissioner may deem best and 
expedient; provided, however, that the State School 
Commissioner may, in his discretion, combine the 
annual session of said institutes, or any number of m|ybe S 
Amend d ^heni, so * Ba t tne same ma J be held in any county combined- 
Acts of is93 designated by him; to prepare a program of ex- 
page 6i. ercises, with a syllabus of each subject named i n Program - 
said program, for .each day's session of said insti- 
tute; to require County School Commissioners to 
operate, at their regular per diem, said institute £etc. 10rK 
sessions under such general rules and regulations Atteud _ 
as he may deem best; to require all persons, white ance by 
and colored, teaching in Georgia, or having licenses 
entitling them to teach in the State, provided that 
those not teaching have not permanently retired 
from teaching; to attend all sessions of said insti- 
tutes held in the county of their residence, and per- 
form all duties required of them as members of said 
institutes, unless providentially prevented; to secure 
a prompt attendance of the teachers upon the exer- 
cises of said institutes by causing the County School 
Commissioners and County Boards of Education to 
collect such fines from absentees as may be deemed Fines. 
just and reasonable by said Commissioners and 
Boards; provided, that no teacher shall be fined till 



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Common School Laws. 



Separate 
institutes 
for whites 
and color'd 
teachers. 



Experts 



How 
■chosen. 



Session at 
county 
site, etc. 



Visitors. 



he or she has stated the cause of his or her absence, 
in writing, to said Commissioners and Boards, and 
they have duly considered the same; provided further, 
that all money thus collected shall be used in pur- 
chasing teachers' libraries for the counties in which 
said fines maybe collected; to provide separate insti- 
tutes for the white and the colored ; to pay from the 
educational fund of each county an amount not to 
exceed twenty-five dollars per annum for the pur- 
pose of securing the services of an expert in con- 
ducting the week's session of the institute of said 
county, which expert shall be chosen by the County 
School Commissioners and County Boards of Edu- 
cation, which expert shall assist in conducting the 
exercises of each annual week's session of said insti- 
tute in the county where he is thus employed; to 
cause all sessions of said institutes to be held at 
county sites, or such other places as may be selected 
by the County School Commissioner, and allow all 
persons so desiring to attend the sessions of said 
institutes; provided, that all visitors shall be subject 
to the rules and regulations of said institutes while 
attending the exercises of the same; and to pre- 
scribe from time to time such other rules and regu- 
lations as he and the County School Commissioners 
may deem best for successfully operating said in- 
stitutes. 



Common School Lairs. 31 



PART VIII. 

EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR 
TEACHER'S LICENSE. 

Actsofiss; Sec. 43. That the County Commissioners shall ex- Examina- 

nao'e "?>. • n t j?i- !•!• tion oi ap- 

1 ° amine all applicants for licenses to teach in their pica- ts For 

respective counties, giving previous public notice of telch Se t0 
the day upon which the examinations are to take 
place, and said Commissioners shall be allowed to 
invite such persons as they may think proper to as- 
. „ sist in these examinations. Applicants for license 
Acts of 1890 to teach in the common schools shall be examined Upon what 
-9i, page U p 0n orthography, reading, writing, English grain- examined 
mar, geography, arithmetic and the science and 
practice of teaching in common schools. Said ex- 
aminations shall be held throughout the State on a 
day or days to be fixed by the State School Com- 
missioner, and by questions prepared and sent outs. s. c. 
by him to the County School Commissioners. The questions. 
State School Commissioner shall also prepare and 
supply the County School Commissioner with printed 
instructions as to the grading applicants on and by 
a uniform grade, and shall fix the lowest standard 
for each class of licenses; no applicant for teacher's 
license shall be examined on any other day than 
the one designated as above described, except in 
cases where the County Board of Education shall 
order a special examination; no special examination 
shall be ordered by said Board except for good and Fpeeiai ex- 
suffieient reasons and to meet some special emer- of^ppil- 011 
gencv. In such cases the questions shall be pre- can . t3 . for 

do^i Lions 

pared by the County School Commissioner, or by as teachers. 
some competent person under his authority, and Questions. 
their contents shall not be made known to the ap- 
plicant or applicants until the examination actually 
commences; said examination shall be conducted 



32 



Common School Laws. 



Rules for 
special ex- 
aminations 



Licenses. 



County- 
Boards 
may em- 
ploy teach- 
ers at a sal- 
ary. 

County 
School 
Commis- 
sioner 
grades 
papers and 
makes re- 
ports. 

Report and 
recommen- 
dations 
submitted 
in writing 
to Couniy 
Board of 
Education, 

Board li- 
censes. 



Grades of 
licease. 



How made 
good in 
counties 
other than 
that in 
which 
granted. 



under the same rules and regulations as are pro- 
vided by law for other examinations, but the licenses 
granted shall 'be valid only until the next examina- 
tion ordered by the State School Commissioner, and 
it shall not be lawful for the County School Commis- 
sioner of any county, other than that in which said 
special examination is held, to indorse a license 
granted thereunder. The County Board of Educa- 
tion shall have power, if they deem best, to employ 
teachers at a salary. 

Sec. 44. It shall be the duty of the County School Actsofiss? 
Commissioners, after thorough examination of the 1 * 86 
papers submitted by applicants for licenses as 
teachers, upon the examination conducted as pre- 
scribed in the preceding section, to grade the appli- 
cants according to the instructions furnished them 
by the State School Commissioner, submitting his 
report and recommendations thereon in writing to 
the County Board of Education, who shall grant to 
the applicants licenses of the first, second or third 
grade, to be determined by the qualifications ex- 
hibited and the standard attained; provided, they 
shall obtain at least the lowest grade-mark fixed by 
the State School Commissioner for each grade; and 
provided further, that each applicant submits with 
his or her examination paper satisfactory evidence 
in writing of good moral character. A license of 
the first grade shall continue in force for three 
years, a license of the second grade for two years, 
and a license of the third grade for one year, which 
said licenses shall entitle teachers holding them to 
be employed for and during the period of their 
licenses in any of the common schools of the county 
where issued. Licenses, to be good in another 
county than the one in and for which they are 
issued, must be indorsed by the County School Com- 
missioner of the county in which the applicant de- 
sires to teach. 



Common School Laws. 33 

Acts of 188- Sec. 45. After passing upon the examination Permanent 
page -e. papers as hereinbefore provided, if, in the opinion fl^se. 
of the County School Commissioner, any one or 
more of them exhibit unusual merit, he shall for- 
ward such papers to the State School Commis- 
sioner, together with his certificate of the good 
moral and professional character of the applicant, 
and if, in the opinion of the State School Commis- 
sioner, said papers exhibit a sufficient degree of 
merit, he shall issue a permanent teacher's license 
to the applicant, which license shall be good in any 
county of this State, and which shall only be revo- 
cable by the State School Commissioner for good 
and sufficient cause. 
Acta of 1887 Sec. 46. That the County Commissioner shall J f XSSe. n 
page 7i;. have power, and it shall be his duty, to revoke 
licenses granted by him, or his predecessors, for in- 
competency, immorality, cruelty to pupils, or neg- 
lect of his duties, and the revocation of the license 
of any teacher shall terminate the connection of 
said teacher with any school which he may have 
been employed to teach; but any teacher so dis- 
missed shall have the right to appeal to the County Appeal. 
Board of Education, whose decision shall be final. 



34 Common School Laws. 

PART IX. 

SCHOOL CENSUS. 

Enumera- Sec. 47. That it shall be the duty of the County Acts of i887 
schoo/pop- and Cit ^ Board s of Education of this State to cause page8L 
uiation. an enumeration of the children between six and 
eighteen years of age to be made under instructions 
from the State School Commissioner, in the year 
1888, and every ten years thereafter, as hereinafter 
prescribed. In the year 1893 and every ten years 
thereafter it shall be the duty of the State Board of 
Education, in the early part of the year, to have an 
New enu- estimate made from the last census taken by the au- 
Sa^be* or- thorities of the United States, of the number of chil- 
deved. dren of school age in each county of the State, and 
in each town or city under a local school law, and if, 
from the evidence thus obtained, or from other evi- 
dence of any kind, the said Board shall become sat- 
isfied that a new enumeration of the school popula- 
tion ought to be taken for any county or counties, 
or for any town or city, or the entire State, it shall 
be their duty to order the said enumeration to be 
taken accordingly. 
E^imate ^ec. ^8. The different County or City Boards shall Acts of 1887 
from u. s. employ one or more competent, reliable persons to page81 - 
take the enumeration above mentioned in their re- 
spective jurisdictions, and the person so employed 
Enumera- shall go from house to house, making a thorough 

tors ot tiiG /<-»«-» 

school cen- canvass of the territory assigned them, taking the 
sus. number of children between the ages of six and 

eighteen years, and distinguishing between the 
Th3irdu- sexes and races. The persons thus employed shall 
lies " be known as enumerators of the school census, and 

shall take and report any additional statistics re- 
compensa- quired by the State School Commissioner. They 

shall receive as compensation a per diem not to ex- 



Common School Laws. 35 

ceed two dollars in the counties, or two dollars in 
the cities, or in city and county where the same are 
under local laws, to be paid out of the school fund 
of the jurisdiction in which the work is done. They 
shall, moreover, be required to make oath that the oath, 
work done by them has been carefully and faith- 
fully done according to the true intent and mean- 
ing of this Act, the form of oath to be prescribed by 
the State School Commissioner; provided, that noth- 
ing herein contained shall be construed to prevent schoof 
the County Boards from employing the Count v commis- 

<> x-t/o tit sioner may 

School Commissioners to do the work contemplated be em- 
in this section. p oje 

paglsi 1887 Sec - 49 - The state Board of Education is hereby stateBoard 
empowered to order at once a new enumeration can order a 
when they are in doubt as to the accuracy of the merauon. 
return made from any county or city; but the enu- 
merators first making their return shall receive no 
compensation in case it is found their enumeration 
was not correct. In case their enumeration is veri- Paj . forsec _ 
fied by the second enumeration, then both shall be ^. a \ 1 j u 1 ^ 
paid, but the amount paid them shall be deducted 
from the school fund appropriated to this special 

, * * loo-, territory. 

Acts of 188/ •- . 

page 82. Sec. oO. The respective County or City Boards are compensa- 

hereby empowered to fix, within the limits pre- enumera- 
scribed above, the per diem compensation of the tors ' 
enumerators of the school census employed by them. 



36 Common School Laws. 

PART X. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Admission to common schools — Manual labor 
schools — Evening schools — Exemption of school 
property from taxation— Forfeiture of school fund 
— Forfeiture in past years — Local school systems 
— Scholastic month, number of days in. 

gritSKs Sec - 51 - Tnat admission to all common schools of ^|^ 1887 
to an chu- this State shall be gratuitous to all the children be- 
schoo^age. tween the ages of six and eighteen years residing in 
separate *he sub-districts in which the schools are located; 
schools for provided, that colored and white children shall not 
coiored an attend the same school; and no teacher receiving or 
teaching white and colored pupils in the same 
school shall be allowed any compensation at all out 
crossing of the common school fund. In special cases, to 
or b couuty Ct meet the obvious demands of convenience, children 
line. residing in one sub-district may, by express permis- 

sion of the County Board, attend the common 
schools of another sub-district; and when a common 
school is located near a county line, children from 
an adjoining county, in cases where convenience 
requires, may, by concurrent consent of the County 
accounts' Boards of the respective counties, be permitted to 
for line- attend the school, and in such cases, the teacher 
shall make out two accounts for his services, one 
against each County Board, in amount proportioned 
to the number of children in the school from the 
respective counties. 
Manual u- s e c. 52. That the County Board of Education ^s of isst 

bor schools ,, ., , . " . , . page /» 

shall have power to organize in each county one or 
more manual labor schools on such a plan as shall 
be self-sustaining; provided, that the plan be first 
submitted to and approved by the State Board of 
Education. 



Common School Laws. 37 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 53. That the Board of Education of any Evening 

page 78. coun ty s hall have the power to establish, at such schools - 
places as they may deem proper, within the limits 
of their jurisdiction, a suitable number of evening 
schools for the instruction of such youth over 
twelve years of age as are prevented by their daily 
avocations from attending day schools, subject to 
such regulations, not inconsistent with the provi- 
sions of this Act and the instructions issued under it 
by the State School Commissioner, as said Board, 
from time to time, may adopt for the government 
thereof. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 54. That whenever a County Board of Edu- ^Mture 
cation, or Board of Education of any city, shall fund, how 
hereafter fail in any year to make arrangements to Igafnlt. 
put schools in operation, said county, or city, as the 
case may be, shall forfeit all right to participation 
in the school fund of that year, unless the failure to 
arrange for schools was from providential cause, or 
other good and sufficient reason, the sufficiency of 
the reason to be judged of by the State Board of 
Education. 

Acts of 1887 Sec. 55. That any county or city, which has failed Forfeiture 

.page 79. , , , . . J ■ ,. . ' j. j t m P ast 

to put schools m operation in any past year, and has years. 
.never received its pro rata part of the State school 
fund for that year, shall still be entitled to receive 
through the properly constituted authorities of the 
county or city that pro rata; provided, that the 
County School Commissioner of such county shall 
receive no compensation from the school fund of 
said county for such year, except for services ren- 
dered in taking the enumeration of the school popu- 
lation. 
Acts of 1887 Sec. 56. That each and every lot or parcel of land Exemption 
page 78. which has been or may be hereafter obtained by property- 
purchase, or in any other way, by any County Board *?£™ taxa ' 
of Education for the use of common schools, to- 
gether with any school building that may have been 



38 Common School Laws. 

or shall be erected thereon, and all school furniture, 
shall be exempt from all taxes, State and county, 
and from levy and sale under any execution or other 
writ or order in the nature of an execution; pro- 
vided, that the lot of land so exempted shall not ex- 
ceed four acres, and if there be any excess over that 
number of acres, then that portion, not to exceed 
four acres, most convenient for school purposes, 
shall be exempt as aforesaid, the exempted por- 
tion to be set off by order of the County Board. 
Jchooidays ^ ec - ^7- That from and after the passage of this Acts of is96- 
a scholastic Act, twenty school days shall constitute and be 
deemed and treated as a scholastic month in all the 
public schools of this State. 
Local Sec. 58. That nothing in this Act shall be so con- Actsof 1887 

school sys- , , , , ° . , ■ . , . , , . page 83. 

tems. strued as to prevent any city with a population 
greater than two thousand inhabitants, or any 
county or town under authority of the General 
Assembly of this State, from organizing a public 
school system independent of this system, or to pre- 
vent the said independent organization from draw- 
ing its pro rata share of all educational funds raised 
by the State; provided, the chief executive officer of 
such independent organization shall make the same 
regular reports to the State School Commissioner 
as are required from the County Commissioners by 
this Act ; provided further, that nothing contained in 
this Act shall be construed to annul or repeal any 
local law now of force in any city or county in this 
State providing for the organization and mainte- 
nance of the common or public schools in such city 
or county. 



Common School Laws. 39 

PART XI. 

GENERAL LAWS. 

LOCAL TAXATION BY COUNTIES FOR COM- 
MON SCHOOLS. 

An Act to provide for local taxation by counties 
for the support of common schools, and for other 
purposes. 

Acts of 1890 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Lo cai tax 
page 124. f the State of Georgia, That from and after the^Jf 
passage of this Act a local tax to supplement the 
State tax in support of the common schools, may be 
levied and collected in any county in this State in 
which a county school system is not already in ex- 
istence in the following manner, to wit: 

Whenever two successive grand juries of the mendation 
county shall recommend in their general present- >y grand 
ments that a local tax in said county shall be levied J 
to supplement the State tax in support of the com- 
mon schools of the county, the Ordinary of said 
county shall order an election to be held, after giv- Election to 
ing public notice thereof, once a week for f our determme - 
weeks, in the paper in which the sheriff's advertise- 
ments are published, and by posting the notice at 
the court-house door for at least four weeks previous Kuies for 
to the time fixed for said election. Said election election. 
shall be held under the same rules and regulations 
as those governing the election of county officers, 
and all qualified voters of the county, and none 
others, shall be allowed to vote at the same. In 
said election the ballots shall have printed or writ- 
ten upon them the words, " For Local Taxation for 
Public Schools," or "Against Local Taxation for 
Public Schools." The managers of the election 



40 



Common School Laws. 



Consolida- 
tion of 
votes. 

Declara- 
tion of 
results. 



Effect of 
election. 



Amount of 
tax, etc. 



Its collec- 
tion, etc. 



Use of 
funds. 



General 
tax with- 
out further 
election. 
County 
funds 
where in- 
sufficient 
may have 
benefits of 
the Act. 



shall consolidate the votes as now provided in elec- 
tions for county officers, and shall then file the re- 
turns with the Ordinary, who shall declare the re- 
sult. If two-thirds of the persons qualified to vote 
at said election have voted for local taxation for 
public schools, the Ordinary shall certify the same 
in writing to the County Board of Education. The 
County Board of Education shall then, at a regular 
meeting, or at a special meeting, of which due no- 
tice has been given to each member, proceed by 
order or resolution to levy a tax not exceeding one- 
fourth of one per cent, ad valorem upon all the tax- 
able property of the county as shall appear by the 
county digest. The County School Commissioners 
shall make out a certified copy of the order or reso- 
lution, fixing the rate of said tax, and shall deliver 
the same to the Tax-Collector of the county on or 
before the first day of September in each year, and 
the Tax-Collector shall collect said school tax ac- 
cording to the vote so levied in the same manner as 
other county taxes are collected, and he shall 
promptly pay over the funds so arising to the 
County School Commissioner, who shall receive and 
hold the same subject to be applied by the County 
School Board of Education for the support of the 
common schools of the county in addition and sup- 
plementary to the funds received from the State, 
and said tax may be levied and collected from year 
to year, as above provided, without holding any 
other election for that purpose; provided, that any 
county in which a county school system is already 
in existence, but where the funds, as now provided 
by law, are insufficient, in the opinion of the County 
Board of Education, for the support of the schools, 
may obtain the benefits of this Act by complying 
with all the provisions of the same. 



Common ScJwol Laics. 4 1 

Sec. 2. Be it likewise enacted, That if there shall Townswith 
be in the county an incorporated town, or town ha v- schools 
ing a local school system of its own, sustained by D y S ioca! 
local taxation^ in addition to its quota of funds re- Jf^l 011 
reived from the State, the residents of said incor- fected. 
porated town or towns shall not vote in the election 
held as aforesaid, nor shall the taxable property em- 
braced within the corporate limits of said town or 
towns be subject to the county school tax levied as 
aforesaid. 

Sec. 3. Be it likewise enacted, That in determin- Melhod of 
ing whether two-thirds of the qualified voters have determin 
voted for local taxation for common schools at the whether 
election held as aforesaid, the registration lists last j^jrlty 
-completed before the election shall be considered obtained. 
the correct enumeration of the qualified voters in 
those counties having registration laws, and the 
number of names of citizens appearing upon the 
books of the Tax-Collector as having paid their poll 
or property tax, if any, for the preceding year, shall 
be considered the correct enumeration of the quali- 
fied voters in those counties not having registration 
laws. 

Sec. 4. Be it likewise enacted, That all laws and 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby 
repealed. 

Approved September 16, 1891. 



42 Common School Laws. 



SETTING APART A DAY AS "ARBOR DAY." 

An Act to encourage tree-planting, and to conserve 
the forests of the State by setting apart the first 
Friday in December as "Arbor Day," and for 
other purposes. 

First Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Acts of 

De^mb y er n Geor gia do enact, That the first Friday in Decern- 18 a 9 ^^ 
"Arbor ber in each year shall be set apart and consecrated page 
ay * as a day for tree-planting, and shall be known 

throughout the State as "Arbor Day." 

observ ^ ec * 2 " Be ** furtner enacted, That it shall be the 

ance r of. duty of the State School Commissioners to take the 
matter of the observance of "Arbor Day" by the 
public, under his general supervision, and through 
the County School Commissioners to cause the pub- 
lic schools of the State to observe "Arbor Day" as 
the superintendents and teachers may think best, 
in order to show the pupils the value and beauty 
of forestry by practical tree-planting on school, 
church, and other public lots, lawns, as well as on 
the public highways. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 
same are, hereby repealed. 
Approved December 16, 1890. 



Common School Laws. 4& 



REGULATING SALARY OF COUNTY SCHOOL 
COMMISSIONER IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. 

An Act to provide for the payment of a salary to 
County School Commissioners in lieu of a per 
diem in certain instances, and for other purposes. 

Acts of 1896 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly in counties- 
page 71. of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by Son Xix- 
authority of the same, That from and after the ty thou- 
passage of this Act, County Boards of Education, more the 
in counties having a population of more than sixty location 
thousand inhabitants, shall be authorized and em- ^ ay c pay t 
powered to pay the County School Commissioners schoo'i™ y 
of such counties such salary in lieu of a per diem, as ^™' a s ' 
the said County Boards of Education shall fix, not salary not 

to 6XCCGQ. 

to exceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per eighteen 

nnTnim hundred 

annum. dollars per 

Sec. 2. Be it likewise enacted by authority of the year - 
same, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



44 



Common School Laws. 



ESTABLISHING STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 

An Act to establish, organize, and maintain a State 
Normal School as a branch to the University, to 
appropriate money for the same, and for other 
purposes. 



■ School to 
be estab- 
lished. 



Location, 
■etc. 



■Commis- 
sioner. 



"Terms of 
office. 



To be part 

of State 
•University, 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem- Acts of 
bly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the P ag e 126. 
same, That there shall be established in connection 
with the State University, and forming one of the 
departments thereof, a State Normal School for the 
education and training of teachers for the common 
schools of this State. Said school shall be located, 
equipped, and conducted as is hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That said school shall be located at Rock 
College, Athens, Georgia, and for the purposes of 
said school, said Rock College, and the land contigu- 
ous thereto, not less than six nor more than ten 
acres, tendered by the Board of Trustees of the 
University of the State for said purposes, are hereby 
accepted by the State, as tendered in the resolution 
of said Board of Trustees reported to this General 
Assembly by the Governor. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the immediate charge of said school 
shall be in a commission to be composed of the State 
School Commissioner and the Chancellor of the Uni- 
versity for the time being, and three citizens of 
Georgia experienced in teaching, to be appointed by 
the Governor, one for a term of two years, one for 
four years, and one for six years from the dates of 
their appointments, which Commission shall be the 
Local Board of said school. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, that said school shall be a part of the 



Common School Laws. 45- 

University of this State and under the control and 
management of its Board of Trustees, which Board Govem- 
shall have authority, from time to time, to pre- f t t nt of; 
scribe in connection with said commission such 
special features, and open such departments of 
training and instruction therein, as they shall think 
the progress and advancement of the times require. 
They shall also have authority to ordain and estab- 
lish such rules and by-laws for the regulation of the 
school and the training and governing of the stu- 
dents not inconsistent with this Act, as in their 
opinion may be proper to secure the success of said 
school. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority officers or 
aforesaid, That the officers of said school shall be a schools. 
president and such other professors, teachers and 
instructors as may be necessary, in the opinion of 
the Board of Trustees, to carry on the school in ac- 
cordance with the intention of this Act. The Chan- 
cellor of the University of Georgia shall have a gen- 
eral supervision of said school. The officers afore- 
said shall be elected, and their salaries fixed either 
directly by the Board of Trustees, or through said 
Commission or Local Board. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority Tuition. 
aforesaid, That the tuition in said school shall be 
free to all white students who are residents of the 
State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others 
who are not residents of this State shall not exceed 
one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per annum. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority ]g£f d f - 
af oresaid, That the five persons named in the third Trustees- 
section of this Act shall be a Local Board of Trus- 
tees for said school, with perpetual succession as 
herein provided. It shall always be charged with 
the immediate control, supervision and management 
of said school, subject to the said Board of Trustees, 
of the University. 



46 



Common School Laws. 



Property of 
schools 



Compeu • 
sation of 
local 
board. 



Obligation 
to be 
signed by 
students. 



Certificates 
of profi- 
ciency. 



Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all property purchased under the 
authority of this Act shall be free from liens or in- 
cumbrances, and title to the same, as well as any 
donations that may be made to said Commission or 
Local Board, or to the Board of Trustees of the 
University, for the purposes of said school shall be 
taken in the name of the Trustees of the University 
in their corporate capacity, and said property shall 
become the property of the State of Georgia, and 
shall not be alienated by any one, nor shall any 
valid lien be created thereon, either by the erection 
of any buildings thereon, nor by the act of any per- 
son, nor by the operation of law. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the said Commission or Local Board 
shall serve without compensation, except that their 
actual expenses, while they are away from their sev- 
eral places of residence attending to the duties of 
said Commission shall be paid by the warrant of the 
Governor drawn upon the Treasurer. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all students, residents of this State, 
entering this school, shall sign an obligation in 
writing to teach, within the next five years after 
their leaving said school, such a length of time in 
the common schools of this State as they spend as 
students in said Normal School. To said students 
in said Normal School may be granted by the Facul- 
ty of said school and the Chancellor of the Uni- 
versity certificates of proficiency, stating in general 
terms what branches of education the students have 
been prepared to teach, which certificates shall au- 
thorize the holders thereof to teach in the common 
schools of this State without further examination 
according to the grades specified in their certifi- 
cates, and such diplomas to graduates as may be 
prescribed by said Board of Trustees. 



Common School Latvs. 47 

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authortiy 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws inconsist- 
ent with this Act be, and the same are, hereby re- 
pealed. 

pa Ct eH) 1895 SeC " 12> Tliat tlie SUm ° f seven thusand dollars Appropria- 

is also appropriated to the trustees for the use of bunding 
the State Normal School at Athens, Georgia, which and repairs 
shall be used for the purpose of building dormitories 
and the repair of other buildings. 



48 Common School Laws. 



ESTABLISHING A TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. 

An Act to establish a Technological School as a 
branch of the State University; to appropriate 
money for the same, and for other purposes. 

T artment Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly f$?$f 
ofsteK of this State, and it is hereby enacted by authority P age6yV 
university. Q ^ ^q same, That there shall be established in con- 
nection with the State University, and forming one 
of the departments thereof, a Technological school 
Purpose of. for the education and training of students in the 
industrial and mechanical arts. Said school shall 
be located, equipped and conducted as hereinafter 
provided. 
slon^n" ^ec. 2- Be it further enacted by the authority 
school of aforesaid, That the Governor shall appoint five fit 
noiogy. and discreet persons, residents of this State, to be 
known as the Commission on the School of Technol- 
ogy, who shall serve without pay except that their 
actual expenses while away from their several 
places of residence attending to the duties of such 
ofti ers Commission, may be allowed as hereinafter pro- 
and powers vided ; and they may select from their number a 
chairman and secretary, prescribe rules and regula- 
tions for their government, may accept the resigna- 
tion of any member and fill all vacancies. A major- 
ity shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
all business. 
Duty of Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 

sion mi& " aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Commis- 
sion, as soon as practicable after the passage, of this 
Act, to procure the grounds and buildings necessary 
for the establishment of the technological school 
of school, herein provided for. It shall be located within or 
near to the corporate limits of that city or town in 
the State which shall offer the best inducements for- 



Common School Laws. 49 

such location, in the opinion of said Commission 
In making the selection of a location for said school 
the Commission shall give preference to such place 
as shall be easy of access to all the people of the 
S * a *?' having- due regard to the appropriateness, 
eligibility and healthfulness of the surroundings as 
well as to any offer or donation of value that may 
be made to secure the said school, or any induce- 
ments offered by any non-sectarian educational in- 
stitution of this State. The selection once made 
shall be final. 

* SeC ' h 5? it 1 further enacted by the authority Erection of 
aroresaid, I hat the said Commission, so soon as they buildin & s - 
have selected the location and procured the neces- 
sary ground, shall proceed to have erected on such 
grounds suitable buildings for said school, or in case 
they secure grounds upon which there are buildings 
already erected, shall proceed to remodel the same 
erecting any additional buildings that mav be neces- 
sary and to procure and place therein the" necessary 
machinery, power, fixtures, tools, equipments, appli- Machines, 
ances, and apparatus required to carry into effect power ' etc- 
the intention of this Act. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority course of 
aforesaid, That a course of practical training in the trainiDg ' 
use and manufacture of tools and machines for 
wood and iron working, shall be provided for all 
the students in said school, and the curriculum or 
course of training shall include, as near as practica- 
ble, consistent with the appropriation hereinafter 
made, the branches now taught and followed in the 
Free Institute of Industrial Science at Worcester 
Massachusetts. No student shall be permitted to 
remain in the institution unless satisfactory prog- Progressby 
ress shall be made by him in the opinion of the students - 
faculty. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted bv the authority 
aforesaid, That the said school, when so established, 



.50 



Common School Laws. 



'Control of 
school. 



Additions 
to the 
course. 



Rules of 
the school 



Officers of 
the school. 



Selection 
and salary, 



Trained 
assistant 
for com- 
mission. 



Qualifica- 
tions, sala- 
ries, duties 



shall be a part of the University of Georgia, and 
under the control and management of its Board of 
Trustees. Said Board shall have the authority, 
from time to time, to add such special features to 
the course, and to open such other departments of 
training and instruction therein as they shall deem 
that the progress and advancement of the times re- 
quire. They shall also have authority to ordain 
and establish such rules and by-laws for the regula- 
tion of the school, and the teaching, training, and 
governing of the students, not inconsistent with this 
Act, as in their opinion may be proper to secure the 
success of said school. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the officers of said school shall be a 
President, a Superintendent of the Manual Depart- 
ment, a Secretary and Treasurer of the Faculty, and 
such other professors, teachers and instructors as 
may be necessary in the opinion of the Board of 
Trustees to carry on the school in accordance with 
the intention of this Act. The Chancellor of the 
University of Georgia, shall have the general super- 
vision of said school. The officers aforesaid shall 
be selected and their salaries fixed either directly 
by the Board of Trustees, or through the local 
Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That in the erection of the buildings here- 
in provided for, and the selection and placing of 
machinery, tools, and appliances therein, said Com- 
mission may procure the services of a suitable per- 
son who shall have been a student in good standing 
of a similar school, to aid them in said work at a 
salary to be fixed by them, and the person so selected 
shall, by virtue of said employment, become the 
Superintendent of the Manual Department of said 
school for one year after said school shall have been 
opened, after which the place shall be filled by the 
Trustees of the University of Georgia, or in such 
manner as they may direct. 



Common School Laws. 51 

afo^irf tw f l rthe l enacted by the authority school to 
aroresaid, lhat when the necessary buildings shall be turned 
have been erected or completed, and the machinery SMa- 
tools and appliances placed therein, as required b y ssioner - 
this Act, and said school shall be ready for the re- 
ception of students, said Commission shall notify 
the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia 
and shall turn the said school over to their control 
and management. 

off 60 '* ?",?' i e i t l urther enact ed by the authority Bcneflci- 
aforesaid, That there shall be one beneficiary for aries - 
each Representative in the General Assembly from 
every county in this State, selected by the Board of how 
Education in each county, on competitive examina- chosen - 
tion, and who shall be first entitled to the benefits 
of said school; that the tuition in said school shall 
be free to all students who are residents of the 
State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others 
than residents of the State, shall not exceed one 
hundred and fifty dollars per annum. . 

Sec. 11 Be it further enacted by the authority Local 
aforesaid That the five persons named in the second Ktee/ 
section of this Act shall become, as soon as said 
school is turned over by them to the Board of Trus- 
tees of the University of Georgia, a local Board of rowers 
Irustees for said Technological School, with per- and dutie *- 
petual succession as hereinbefore provided, and they 
shall always be charged with the immediate control, 
supervision, and management of said school, subject 
to the general Board of Trustees, of which body 
they shall be ex officio members. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority A PP ro P ri- 
aforesaid, That the sum of sixty-five thousand dol- atiou ' 
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and 
the same is, hereby appropriated for the establish- 
ment of said school, and to carry this Act into effect, 
the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on 
the Treasurer of the State in favor of said Commis- 



52 



Common School Laws. 



When 
available. 



How paid. 



What it 
must cover 



Report to 
Governor. 



Property 
purchased 
under this 
Act free 
from en- 
cumbran- 
ces. 

Title, how 
taken. 



Property, 
how used. 



Payment 
of expenses 
of commis- 
sion. 



Payment 
for plans 
and specifi- 
cations. 



sioners for such parts of said sum as may be applied 
for in writing from time to time, as said work pro- 
gresses; provided, this sum shall not be available 
after the first of January, 1887, and shall then be- 
paid only out of any funds in the treasury not other- 
wise appropriated; provided further, that this sum is. 
appropriated with the understanding that it shall 
pay all costs of grounds, buildings, machinery, tools, 
and appliances necessary for the establishment of 
said school and its operations for one year, and 
should the said Commission find the same insuffi- 
cient for this purpose, they shall, before any pur- 
chases are made, report that fact to the G-overnor, 
and in that event no warrant shall issue for any part 
of the sum appropriated. 

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all property purchased under this 
Act shall be free from liens or incumbrances, and 
title to the same, as well as to any donations that 
said Commission may receive, shall be taken in the 
name of the Trustees of the University of Georgia in 
their corporate capacity, and said property shall 
become the property of the State of Georgia, and the 
same shall not be alienated by any one, nor shall 
any valid lien be created thereon, neither in the 
erection of any building thereon, nor by the act of 
any person, nor by operation of law. 

Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That when any one of said Commission 
shall have incurred any necessary expense while 
away from his place of residence, in the performance 
of his duty under this Act, then, on verification of 
the same by his affidavit, the Governor may indorse 
the same correct, and order it paid out of the fund 
herein appropriated. Any indebtedness for plans, 
and specifications must likewise be indorsed by the- 
Governor before payment of the same is made. 



Common School Laics. 53 

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority Final state- 
aforesaid, That when said Commission shall haveSmmS 
performed their duties under this Act, and shall sioru 
turn OTer said property to the Trustees of the Uni- 
versity of Georgia, as herein provided, said Com- what to 
mission shall submit to said Board a full and final contain - 
statement describing the property purchased, the 
amount of money expended therefor, with the proper 
vouchers, and said Board of Trustees, after a verifi- To whom 
cation of the same, shall transmit to the Governor submitted. 
said report, with any suggestions therewith they 
may deem proper to make, and the Governor shall 
transmit to the General Assembly, a summary of 
the same. 

Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



COMMISSION FOR TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Act of Oct. 
of the State, That the second section of the above amenfed. 
recited Act, which prescribes the number of Com- 
missioners and limits the same to five members, be 
and the same is, hereby so amended as to authorize of U commis- 
the election of two other members of said Commis- f u °^ ed 
sion, so that the local Board of Trustees in charge 
of said school shall consist of seven instead of five 
members, as now constituted. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority selection of 
aforesaid, That the present Commission be, and trustees!* 1 
they are, hereby authorized and empowered to select 
the additional Trustees provided for by this Act. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority ^horitv" 1 
aforesaid, That the local Board of Trustees, when of local " 
Increased by the two members herein authorized^^steesf 



54 Common Sclwol Laws. 

shall be directly charged with the government and 
control of said school, shall be authorized to grant 
diplomas, make rules, receive and disburse the funds 
of the school, and generally do anything and every- 
thing required by the Act of which this is amenda- 
tory, to render efficient the work of said school. All 
Diploma?. aipi omas shall be countersigned by the Chancellor 
of the University, who shall cause a record to be 
kept of the same in his office at Athens. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 
same are, hereby repealed. 



TO DECREASE TUITION OF NON-RESIDENT 
STUDENTS STATE TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL. 

Tuition fee Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of isw 

of non-rei-i- ^ ^ 



dent pupils of this State, That from and after the passage of page 63 

to be $50.00 
per annum 



00 this Act, the tuition fee which shall be required of 
pupils non-resident of this State, in attendance on 
the State Technological School, shall be fifty dollars 
per annum, instead of one hundred and fifty dollars 
per annum, as provided in the Act approved October 
13, 1885, authorizing and founding said school. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 
same are, hereby repealed. 

Approved December 17, 1894. 



Common School Laws. 55 



GEORGIA. NORMAL AND INDUS- 
TRIAL COLLEGE. 



ESTABLISHING THE GEORGIA NORMAL AND 
INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE AND APPROPRI- 
ATING MONEY FOR THE SAME. 

An Act to establish a Normal and Industrial College 
as a branch of the State University, for the edu- 
cation of white girls; to appropriate money for 
the same, and for other purposes. 

Actsofi?89 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
page 10. of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
of the same, That there shall be established in con- 
nection with the State University, and forming one 
of the departments thereof, a college for the educa- 
tion of white girls to be known as the "Georgia 
Normal and Industrial College." Said College shall 
be located, equipped and conducted as hereinafter 
provided. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority Board of 
aforesaid, That the Governor of this State shall SoT 
nominate and appoint by and with the advice and actualex 
consent of the Senate, five fit and discreet persons, pen 
to be known as the Board of Directors of the Geor- 
gia Normal and Industrial College, who shall serve 
without pay, except their actual expenses while 
away from their several places of residence attend- 
ing to the duties of said Board, which shall be paid. 
When the said Directors have selected a location 
for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, as 
hereinafter provided, the Governor shall appoint 
from the county where located, two additional 



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To fill va- 
cancies in 
Board of 
Directors. 



Quorum. 



President 
and Sec- 
retary. 



Term of 
office. 



How com- 
missioned. 



Subsequent 
appoint- 
ments. 



To convene 
Board of 
Directors. 



Directors, who shall be appointed and confirmed as 
the first five Directors provided for, and shall have 
like powers and duties. In all cases where there is 
a vacancy in the Board of Directors, or from any 
cause there are unfilled places in said. Board when 
the General Assembly is not in session, the Gov- 
ernor shall appoint to fill the vacancy until the 
regular appointment can be made by the Governor 
and confirmed by the Senate. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That a majority of said Board shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

The said Board shall have the power to select 
from their numbers a President and a Secretary and 
to prescribe rules and regulations for their govern- 
ment. Immediately after the Board of Directors is 
composed of seven members, they shall divide by 
lot into three classes; two members holding for two 
years, and two for four years, and three for six 
years. The result of this allotting shall be certified 
by the President and the Secretary of said Board, 
and presented to the Governor, who shall then issue, 
accordingly, commissions to each of the members of 
the said Board, in lieu of the certificates of appoint- 
ment which shall be issued when first appointed. 
The term of each shall be computed from the date 
of the appointment of the first five. All subsequent 
appointments shall be made as above prescribed, 
and for a term of six years, except when made to fill 
an unexpired term. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor 
to convene said Board at the Capitol of the State 
within ninety days after tne approval of this Act, 
but all subsequent meetings shall be by direction of 
the Board of Directors, or called by its officers 
under its rules and regulations. Whenever it is 
made to appear to the Governor that any member of 



Common School Laws. 57 

said Board has failed to attend two successive meet- 
ings of said Board, without rendering an excuse 
which is satisfactory to and accepted by the Board 
it shall be the duty of the Governor to declare his 
place vacant and to fill the vacancy . 

Sec. '5. Be it further enacted by the authoritv Location - 
aforesaid, That the five Directors first appointed 
under the provisions of this Act shall, as soon as 
they are organized, proceed to locate said Normal 
and Industrial College in the city of Milledgeville 
and for that purpose the property of the State known 
as the " Executive Mansion," and its grounds con- 
taining two acres, and the land and building known fnd dings 
as the "Penitentiary Square," containing twenty g^ES 
acres, be, and it is hereby, set apart and appropri- « led - 
ated for the purposes and benefit of said school. 

o/ GC ' S ™ ? further enacted b y the authority Buiidi„ gs 
aroresaid, lhat so soon as said Directors have pro- t0 be erect - 
cured suitable grounds, they shall proceed to have modeled. 
erected on such grounds the necessary buildings for 
said College. In case they should select grounds 
on which there are buildings, they shall proceed to 
remodel the same, if needful, and erect any addi- 
tional buildings that may be necessary. The Direc- 
tors shall procure and place in the building of the 
Georgia Normal and Industrial College the neces- 
sary machinery, power, fixtures, furniture, equip- F . 
merit, appliances and apparatus to carry into effect nS" 
the intentions of this Act. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority wh 
aforesaid, That, when the necessary buildings shall KdS 
have been erected or completed, and the machinery, S^ of 
power, fixtures, furniture, equipment, appliances £ D ffig 
and apparatus placed therein, as required by this ° ' 

Act, and said Georgia Normal and Industrial Col- 
lege shall be ready for the reception of students, 
said Board of Directors shall notify the Board of 
Trustees of the University of Georgia and shall turn 



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And under 
their con- 
trol and 
manage- 
ment. 



Special 
features. 



Rules and 
by-laws. 



Salaries 
fixed. 



Local 
Board of 
Directors. 



Its powers 



over the said Georgia Normal and Industrial Col- 
lege to their control and management. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the said College shall be a part of 
the University of Georgia and shall be under the 
control and management of its Board of Trustees. 
Said Trutsees shall Lave authority from time to- 
time to add such special features to the College, and 
to open such new departments of training and in- 
struction therein, as the progress and advancement 
of the times require. They shall also have power 
and authority to ordain and establish such rules, and 
by-laws for the regulation of said College, and the 
teaching, training and governing of the students 
not inconsistent with this Act, as in their opinion 
may be proper to secure the success of said College. 
The Chancellor of the University of Georgia shall 
have general supervision of said Georgia Normal 
and Industrial College, and its officers shall be 
selected and their salaries fixed either directly by 
the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, 
or through the Board of Directors as herein pro- 
vided. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the Board of Directors hereinbefore 
provided shall become, as soon as said college is 
turned over to them by the Board of Trustees of the 
University of Georgia, a local Board of Directors 
for said Georgia Normal and Industrial College, 
with right of succession as hereinbefore provided,, 
and all the powers necessary for the immediate con- 
trol, supervision and management of said College, 
subject to the Board of Trustees of the State Univer* 
sity, of which body the President of the Board of Di- 
rectors above mentioned shall be ex officio a member. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall have 
full and ample powers, subject to the restrictions 
and limitations herein made, to establish and main- 



Common School Laws. 5& 

tain a first-class college for the education of white 
girls. Said College shall have an Industrial Depart- department 
ment in which shall be taught telegraphy, stenogra- 
phy, typewriting, photography, book-keeping, do- 
mestic economy, cutting and making dresses, print- 
ing, industrial and decorative art in its practical 
application, and such other practical industries as 
may tend to fit and prepare girls for occupations 
which are consistent with feminine refinement and 
modesty. There shall also be a Normal Department partmrat 6 
for the thorough training of teachers. No girl shall 
be allowed to take a course in said College who does 
not receive instruction in at least one industrial art. 

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority Board of 
aforesaid, That the Board of Directors shall appoint Directors 
a President and Professors of said College, and such fleers and" 
other officers as they may think proper, and shall 5?™^^ 
make such laws, rules and regulations for the gov- regulations. 
ernment of said College, its officers, students and 
employees as they may deem advisable. They shall 
divide the course of study and instruction into de- 
partments so as to secure thorough education and 
the best instruction. Said Directors shall regulate 
the rates of tuition, together with the course of 
discipline necessary to enforce the faithful dis- 
charge of the duties of all officers, professors and 
students. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority 3™**°* 
aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall appor- from coun- 
tion to each county its quota of the scholars which t,es ' 
can be received into said College on the basis of 
white population (according to the United States 
census taken just preceding each appointment), in 
the State and several counties; provided, that each 
county shall be entitled at least to one scholarship 
in said College. After giving notice for not less How se . 
than two weeks, the Board of Education from each lected. 
county shall ascertain which of the applicants from 



'60 Common School Laws. 

their respective counties are qualified to enter said 
College, and select from those so qualified to enter, 
those to be sent from their respective counties, and 
certify such selections to the President of the Geor- 
gia Normal and Industrial College. Such appoint- 
ments shall be made under the regulations pre- 
scribed by said Board of Directors, who shall also 
?fschoiar- n P rov ide ^ or the disposition of scholaships not taken 
ships. by the counties entitled to them. In all selections 
of scholars preference shall be given the daughters 
of deceased and disabled Confederate soldiers who 
are otherwise unable to secure a thorough educa- 
tion. 
Appropri- Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority 
ates thirty aforesaid, That the sum of thirty-five thousand dol- 

thousand , , , „ * , , 

dollars. lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and 
the same is, hereby appropriated for the establish- 
ment and equipment of said Georgia Normal and In- 
Howand dustrial College, and to carry into effect this Act. The 
when paid. Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant 
on the Treasurer of this State in favor of said Board 
of Directors for such parts of said sum as may be 
applied for in writing, from time to time as the 
work progresses, and as expenses are incurred; pro- 
vided, that said $35,000 shall be paid in three equal 
installments for the years 1891, 1892, 1893, out of 
the proceeds of the lease of the Western and At- 
lantic Railroad not otherwise appropriated. 
ah proper- Sec - 14 « Be it further enacted by the authority 
^hasedun a f° resa id, That all property purchased under the 
de'r S author- authority of this Act shall be free from liens and 
Act°/ree is incumbrances, and title to same, as well as to any 
from liens donations that said Board may receive, shall be 
bra e nc C e U s m " taken in the name of the Trustees of the University 
of Georgia, in their corporate capacity, and said 
property shall become the property of the State of 
Georgia; and the same shall not be alienated by 
any one, nor shall any valid lien be created thereon, 



Common School Laivs. 61 

neither in the erection of any building, nor by the 
act of any person, nor by operation of law. 

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority Report of 
aloresaid, That when said Directors shall turn over Boardof 
said property to the Trustees of the University of Dlrectors - 
Georgia, as herein provided, said Directors shall 
submit to said Trustees a full statement, describing 
the property donated, if any; the property pur- 
chased, if any; the amount of money expended 
therefor, with proper vouchers, showing all amounts 
and property received, and from what source and 
for what expended. Said Board of Trustees shall 
verify said report and transmit the same to the 
Governor with any suggestions they may deem 
proper to make, and the Governor shall submit to 
the General Assembly a summary of the same. 

Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority Authorized, 
aforesaid, That said Board of Directors shall have donations 
power to accept for said Georgia Normal and In- 
dustrial College all donations of money and prop- 
erty of whatever kind or character, title to which 
shall be made and vested as provided in section 14 
of this Act. 

Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



BOARD OF VISITORS TO GEORGIA NORMAL 
AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. 

Acts of Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly how ap - 

1890-91. of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of pomted - 
page 123. ihe same? That there ghall be a Board of visitors 

appointed by the Governor, composed of women 



62 



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Number. 
Duty. 



Report. 



Terms of 
office. 



Increase of 
number. 



First meet- 
ing. 



Selection 
of officers, 
etc. 



equal in number to the congressional districts of 
this State, whose duty it shall be to attend the ex- 
aminations of the Georgia Normal and Industrial 
College preceding each annual commencement, and 
to examine personally into the condition and man- 
agement of said institution. Said Board of Visitors 
shall submit their report in writing to the Governor, 
in which they shall report upon the character of the 
examinations aforesaid, the progress of the stu- 
dents, the condition and management of said insti- 
tution, together with such suggestions and recom- 
mendations thereon as they may deem proper. Said 
reports shall be laid before the General Assembly 
by the Governor^ . 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That immediately after this Act is 
passed in 1891, dividing the State into congres- 
sional districts, the Governor shall appoint one 
member of said Board of Visitors from each con- 
gressional district, for terms as follows: Three for 
one year, four for two years, and four for three 
years. All subsequent appointments shall be made 
for a term of three years, except the appointments 
made to fill vacancies, caused by death, resignation 
or other cause, which shall be to fill the unexpired 
term. Whenever the number of congressional dis- 
tricts in this State are increased, the number of the 
Board of Visitors shall be increased, and said Board 
shall, as near as practicable, be at all times composed 
of one member from each congressional district. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That said Board of Visitors shall hold 
their first meeting in the city of Milledgeville, at 
such time as may be designated by the Governor, 
and shall select their own Chairman and Secretary, 
fix the number that shall constitute a quorum, and 
fix rules and by-laws for the government of their 
body. Such Board shall for all meetings, receive 



Common School Laws. 63 

as compensation for their services four dollars per compensa- 

diem, estimated from the date of their leaving home tion ' 

by the quickest practicable route to Milledgeville. 

The whole service of said Board shall not exceed 

ten days per annum. The compensation allowed to 

the members of the Board of Visitors, provided for 

in this Act, shall be paid by the Board of Directors 

of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College out 

of the funds belonging to said College. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



APPROPRIATION FOR THE GEORGIA NOR- 
MAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. 

.Acts of 1893 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General A ssembly, $2,000 a P - 
■s»geio. and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the to%a™or d 
same, That the sum of two thousand dollars, or so ISdwS 
much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same carets in 
is, hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the Uni- rie7of to " 
versity of Georgia to be used for building bath- Smii 
rooms and water-closets for the dormitories of the at ? d : ° dus - 
Georgia Normal and Industrial College and for re- lege. 
pairing buildings known as the dormitory buildings. 

Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict Repealing 



with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



clause. 



64 Common School Laws. 



APPROPRIATION FOR GEORGIA NORMAL 
AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. 

S25,ooo.oo Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of 189&- 
ate p d.° pri " of tlie state of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by pagel °" 
authority of the same, That the sum of twenty-five 
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
For buiid- necessai T> '^e, and the same is, hereby appropriated 
ingsand to the Trustees of the University of Georgia to be 
Ga. n NOTmai used in the construction of additional building and 
triaicoi- s_ ^ urj iishing the same for the Georgia Normal and 
lege. Industrial College. 

whenap- Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 
ava P iabie 0n aforesaid, That these sums, or any part thereof, may 
be drawn from the Treasury by warrant of the Gov- 
ernor whenever the bills for such buildings and fur- 
nishings have been approved by the Directors of 
said Normal and Industrial College and the Gov- 
ernor. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.. 



Common School Laws. 65 

STATE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE FOR 
COLORED PERSONS. 



ESTABLISHING SCHOOL FOR COLORED PER- 
SONS AS BRANCH STATE UNIVERSITY. 

An Act to establish a school for colored persons as 
a branch of the State University; to appropriate 
money for the same, and for other purposes. 

Acts of 1890 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly school to 
-9i, page f ^his gtate, and it is hereby enacted by authority nlhedf " 

of the same, That there shall be established in con- 
sec. i of nection with the State University, and forming one 
26?i8«? OT ' °f the departments thereof, a school for the educa- 
ij™ ended tion and training of colored students, to be called 

fov Act ot 

1895 page 95 "The State Industrial College for Colored Persons." Name of 
Said school shall be located, equipped, and con- 
ducted as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority c j ommis b ' . 
aforesaid, That the Governor shall appoint five fit appointed. 
and discreet persons, residents of this State, to be 
known as the Commission on the School for Colored 
Students, who shall serve without pay, except that 
their actual expenses while away from their several 
places of residence attending to the duties of such 
Commission, may be allowed as herein provided; 
and they may select from their number a Chairman 
and Secretary, prescribe rules and regulations for 
their government, may accept the resignation of any 
member and fill all vacancies. A majority shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



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Buildings 
and 

grounds 
procured. 



Location. 



Erection of 

buildings, 

etc. 



Course of 
training. 



Progress 
must be 
made by 
students. 



Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Commis- 
sion as soon as practicable after the passage of this 
Act, to procure the grounds and buildings necessary 
for the establishment of the school herein provided 
for. It shall be located within, or near to, the cor- 
porate limits of that town or city in the State which 
shall afford the best inducements for such location, 
in the opinion of said Commission. In making the 
selection for a location for said school, the Commis- 
sion shall give the preference to such place as shall 
be of easy access to all the colored people of the 
State, having due regard to the appropriateness, 
eligibility and healthfulness of the surroundings, as 
well as to any offer or donation of value that may be 
made to secure the said school, or any inducements 
offered by any non-sectarian institution of this 
State. The selection once made shall be final. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the said Commission, as soon as 
they shall have selected the location and procured 
the necessary grounds, shall proceed to have erected 
on such grounds, suitable buildings for such school, 
or in case they secure the grounds on which there 
are buildings already erected, shall proceed to re- 
model the same, erecting any additional buildings 
that may be necessary and practicable under the 
appropriation made therefor. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That a course of training shall be pro- 
vided for all of the students in said school, embrac- 
ing the studies required by the Acts of Congress of 
the United States, approved July 2, 1862, and Au- 
gust 30, 1890, making donations of public land and 
the proceeds thereof to the States and Territories 
for educational purposes. No student shall be per- 
mitted to remain in the institution unless satisfac- 
tory progress shall be made by him in the opinion 
of the facultv. 



Common School Laics. 67 

Sec. G. Be it further enacted 'by the authority To be a 
aforesaid, That the said school when so established sfatVuni- 
shall be a part of the University of Georgia, and ver sity. 
under the control and management of the Board of 
Trustees. Said Board shall have authority, from 
time to time, to add such special features to the ^q^°q 
course, and to open such other departments of train- 
ing and instruction therein as they shall deem that 
the progress and advancement of the times require. 
They shall also have authority to ordain and estab- 
lish such rules and by-laws for the regulation of the R uies and 
school and the teaching, training and governing of for? 1 '* 
the students, not inconsistent with this Act, as in 
their opinion may be proper to secure the success of 
said school. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority pacers of 
aforesaid, That the officers of said school shall be a sc 
president, and such other professors, teachers and 
instructors as may be necessary in the opinion of 
the Board of Trustees to carry on the schooi in ac- 
cordance with the intention of this Act. The Chan- 
cellor of the University of Georgia shall have gen- 
eral supervision of said school. The officers afore- 
said shall be elected and their salaries fixed, either 
directly by the Board of Trustees or through the 
local Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority Trustees of 
aforesaid, that when the necessary buildings shall ^g^i 
have been procured, erected or completed, as re- fied when 
quired by this Act, and said school shall be ready ready, and 
for the reception of students, said Commission shall j^nedover 
notify the Board of Trustees of the University of to them. 
Georgia and shall turn the said school over to their 
control and management. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority Beneficia- 
aforsaid, That there shall be one beneficiary for lies ' 
each Representative in the General Assembly from 
each county in the State, selected by the Board of 



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Tuition. 



Local 
Board of 
Trustees. 



Education of each county under the rules and regu- 
lations to be prescribed by the local Board of Trus- 
tees herein provided for, and who shall be first enti- 
tled to the benefits of said school; that the tuition 
shall be free to all students who are residents of 
the State of Georgia. The rates of tuition to others, 
than residents of the State shall not exceed fifty 
dollars per annum. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the five persons named in the second 
section of this Act, shall become, as soon as said 
school is turned over by them to the Board of Trus- 
tees of the University of Georgia, a local Board of 
Trustees for said school, with perpetual succession 
as hereinafter provided; and they shall always be 
charged with the immediate control, supervision 
and management of said school, isubject to the gen- 
eral Board of Trustees. The Chairman of said 
local Board of Trustees shall be ex officio a member 
of the Board of Trusteesof the University of Geor- 
gia. 

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all property purchased under the 
authority of this Act shall be free from liens and 
incumbrances and titles to the same, as well as to 
any donations that the Commission may receive,, 
shall be taken in the name of the Trustees of the 
University of Georgia in their corporate capacity, 
and said property shall become the property of the 
State of Georgia, and the same shall not be alien- 
ated by any one, nor shall any valid lien be created 
thereon, neither in the erection of any building 
thereon, nor by the act of any person, nor by the 
operation of. law. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority 
of commis- aforesaid, That when any one of said Commission 
shall have incurred any necessary expense, while 
away from his place of residence in the performance 



Chairman. 



Property of 
schools. 



Expenses 



Common School Laws. 69 

•of his duty under this Act, then, on verification of 
the same by his affidavit, the Governor may indorse indebted- 
the same as correct and order it paid out of the fund JSL f and 
herein appropriated. Any indebtedness for plans ^jS flcar " 
and specifications must likewise be indorsed by the 
Governor before payment of the same is made. 

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority Final state- 
aforesaid, That when said Commission shall haveSommiif- 
performed their duties under this Act, and shall sion ' etc- 
have turned over said property to the Trustees of 
the University of Georgia, as herein provided, said 
Commission shall submit to said Board a final state- 
ment describing the property purchased, the amount 
of money expended therefor, with proper vouchers, 
and said Board of Trustees, after a verification of 
the same, shall submit to the Governor said report 
with any suggestions therewith they may deem 
proper to make, and the Governor shall transmit 
to the General Assembly a summary of the same. 

Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority Annual ap- 
aforesaid, That the sum of eight thousand dollars F 7?cnoo? n 
be, and the same is, hereby, annually appropriated 
to the Board of Trustees of the University, to be 
drawn upon executive warrant in their favor for 
said purposes. 

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority in l.eu of 

. - ,™ , , ■. • j_- -i • -j *b claim upon 

aforesaid, That the appropriation herein provided - land 
for shall be in lieu of any claim of J :he colored popu- scrip " 
lation of this State upon the proceeds of the Agri- 
cultural Land Scrip donated by the Congress of 
the United States, by said Act of Congress, ap- 
proved July 2, 1862. 

Sec. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority ^ s f t r d rs of 
aforesaid, That the Board of Visitors of the State 
University, or a committee of their body, shall exer- 
cise like functions and powers touching said insti- 
tute as are prescribed by law for said Board in rela- 
tion to the State University. 



70 Common School Laws. 

proposed Sec. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority 
donation aforesaid, That as to the additional donation of the 
Ac a t d of c y on- proceeds of public lands made to this State by the 
gress of United States, under said Act of Congress, approved 
1890." 3 ' August (30th, 1890) thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety, the General Assembly proposes and reports 
to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, 
as a just and equitable division of the funds to be 
received under said Act, of 30th of August (1890) 
eighteen hundred and ninety, between one college 
for white students and one institution for colored 
students, that one-third of said sum shall be for the 
colored students and two-thirds for the whites; pro- 
vided, that the division may be at any time modified 
by the written consent of the Secretary of the Inte- 
rior of the United States, and the Governor of Geor- 
gia, for the time being, so as to make the same a 
just and equitable division of the fund arising under 
said Act of Congress of August thirtieth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety, between the white and colored 
people of this State for the purposes of said edu- 
cation. 
Actmak- ^ ec - ^. ^ e ^ father enacted by the authority 
ing appro- aforesaid, That the Act approved March 3d, 1874, 
Atlanta 1 ° entitled an Act to equitably adjust the claims of 
onMaTChl' the colored race for a portion of the proceeds of 
1874, re- ' the "Agricultural Land Scrip," by which eight thou- 
pea e ' sand dollars per annum was heretofore appropri- 
ated to the Atlanta University, is hereby repealed, 
Races to be and no colored student shall be admitted into the 
arateiy. sep University and no white student shall be admitted 
into the school for colored students, herein provided 
and established. 

Sec. 19. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with the provisions of said Act, including said Act 
of March 3d, 1874, be, and the same are, hereby 
repealed. 



Common School Laics. 71 



THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 

Section 1192 (1197) (1116). University of Georgia code of 
and its government. The government of the Univer- 
sity of Georgia, at Athens, is vested in a Board of 
Trustees, who are subject to the General Assembly. 

Sec. 1193 (1198) (1117). Name and style, may sue 
and be sued. For such purpose they are a body cor- 
porate and politic,, by the name of " Trustees of the 
University of Georgia," by which they shall have a 
perpetual succession, have and use a common seal, 
and be a person in law, able to plead and be im- 
pleaded, to hold and acquire real and personal 
estate, with power to lease and otherwise manage 
the same for the good of the University. All money 
or property granted by the State, or individuals for 
the advancement of learning in general, is vested in 
such Trustees. 

(Sec. 1194, repealed Acts of 1889, page 56.) 

Sec. 1195 (1200) (1119). When the Board is reduced 
below a quorum. If the Board shall be reduced to 
less than a quorum, the Governor shall fill the 
vacancies till the quorum is complete, and then the 
quorum shall fill the remaining vacancies. 

Sec. 1196 (1201) (1120). Powers specified. They 
have power — 

1. To elect their own officers, such as President, 
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, or such of 
them as they may require, and also all other officers 
they may deem necessary for their organization. 

2. To elect a presiding officer of said University 
who shall be styled " The Chancellor of the Univer- 
sity of Georgia," and, in case of a vacancy in his 
office, unsupplied, to create such office and make 
such arrangement for the conduct of the institution 
as to them shall seem fit. 

3. To elect or appoint professors, tutors, stewards, 



72 Common School Laws. 

or any other officer necessary; to discontinue or re- 
move them, as the good of the University may re- 
quire; to fix their salaries. 

4. To prescribe the course of studies to be pursued 
by the students, the terms and manner of graduat- 
ing, and of conferring all degrees. 

5. To establish all such schools of learning or art 
as may be useful to the State, and to organize the 
same in the way most likely to attain the ends 
desired. 

6. To call on all persons who may have, or who 
have had, any funds, property, papers or books, be- 
longing to the University, to deliver them up and 
make settlements. 

7. To adjust and determine the expenses of the 
Institution. 

8. To exercise any power usually granted to such 
incorporations necessary to its usefulness and not 
in conflict with the Constitution and its laws. 

Sec. 1197 (1202) (1121). Meeting of Board, how 
called. The President of the Board and two of its 
members may appoint a meeting at any time by giv- 
ing to the others at least ten days' notice, by letter 
or otherwise. When the President does not act, the 
senior Trustee present shall preside, and in all other 
respects discharge his duties; when the Board is 
divided, the presiding officer shall give the casting 
vote, or may vote to make a tie. A majority of the 
body present shall govern, if a quorum. Nothing 
done at a special meeting shall be binding after the 
rising of the next annual meeting, unless then con- 
firmed. 

Sec. 1198 (1203) (1122). Trustees failing to attend. 
If any member of the Board being within the State, 
shall fail to attend any two successive meetings, his 
seat becomes thereby vacant, unless he be specially 
excused by the Board for good cause shown. 

Sec. 1199 (1204) (1123). Shall not dispose of stock 
subscribed for. Such Trustees shall never dispose of 



Common School Laics. 73 

the stock by them subscribed for, except with the 
consent of the General Assembly, but the dividends 
therefrom shall be drawn from and used as the vari- 
ous demands of the University may require. 

Sec. 1200 (1205) (1124). Trustees must report annu- 
ally. It is the duty of such Trustees to make an 
annual report of their business to the Governor, 
which must embrace a statement of the expendi- 
tures and receipts on account of the University, the 
number and names of the students, their different 
studies, the tuition money, and all other information 
and suggestions which the Board may think con- 
ducive to the good of the University and the cause 
of general education in the State. 

(Sec. 1201, repealed Acts of 1887, page 67.) 

Sec. 1202 (1207) (1126). Reports of Boards of Trus- 
tees and Visitors. The Governor shall lay the re- 
ports respectively of the Board of Trustees and 
Board of Visitors, annually, before the General 
Assembly, in connection with his Annual Message, 
with such comments as he may see proper, and when 
so done the General Assembly has power to revise 
and approve or reject the action of the Board of 
Trustees. 

Sec. 1203 (1208) (1127). No person of any religious 
denomination shall be excluded from equal advan- 
tages of education, and the immunities of the Uni- 
versity on account of their speculative sentiments 
in religion, or being of a different religious profes- 
sion from the Trustees or Faculty. 

Sec. 1204 (1209) (1128). Oaths required in the 
charter. The Chancellor of the University, its pro- 
fessors and tutors, shall not be required to take 
certain oaths prescribed in its charter. 

Sec. 1205 (1210) (1129). Chancellor may appear 
before the Legislature. The Chancellor has the au- 
thority to appear before the General Assembly once 
at each session, and address them in person on the 
condition, interest and wants of the University. 



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Sec. 1206 (1211) (1130). Conferring degrees. The 
University may confer degrees as follows: 

1. To each graduate of the University the degree 
of Bachelor of Arts. 

2. To each graduate of the University or another 
college of three years' standing, or to such gradu- 
ates as have passed a year in the University schools 
(all being of good moral character), the degree of 
Master of Arts. 

3. To all law students who have attended the lec- 
tures of the professors, and are recommended by 
them for the same, the degree of Bachelor of Laws. 

4. To the graduates of such medical school as 
may be established by the Trustees of the Univer- 
sity, the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 

5. To students in the University schools of two 
years' standing and proficient in two or more of 
them, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 

6. To persons distinguished for learning, ability 
and character, according to their respective voca- 
tions, the degree of Doctor of Laws, or of Divinity, 
and where appropriate, both. It may also confer 
such other degrees and honors as may tend to the 
promotion of the arts and sciences. 

Sec. 1207 (1212) (1131). Laio students may practice. 
Any law student having a diploma of graduation, 
signed by the proper authority of the University, is 
entitled to plead and practice law in all the courts 
of law and equity of this State, on the same terms 
of the graduates of the Lumpkin Law School; and 
all graduates of the medical school of the Univer- 
sity are entitled to practice their profession in all 
its branches. 

Sec. 1208 (1213) (1132). Preparatory school in con- 
nection with college. By the authority of the Board 
of Trustees, there shall be established in connection 
with the University, an institute combining the in- 
struction usually given in academies and to the 



Common School Laws. 75- 

lower classes in colleges, and by the same authority 
there may be a reduction of the number of years 
usually spent in colleges prior to graduation. Uni- 
versity schools for professional education, includ- 
ing the application of science to the industrial arts 
as well as to the more abtruseand recondite sciences, 
not omitting the application of chemistry to agricul- 
ture, and mathematics to civil engineering. 

Sec. 1209 (1214) (1133). Campus grounds not sub- 
ject to alienation. There is reserved and set apart 
for the University campus, not subject to aliena- 
tion, thirty-seven acres of the tract of land donated 
to the University by the late Governor Milledge. 

Sec. 1210 (1215) (1134). The permanent income not 
less than eight thousand dollars. The permanent in- 
come of said University from its bank stock, shall 
not be less than eight thousand dollars annually, 
and when the dividends from the bank shall not be 
equal to the sum, the Governor is required to make 
up the deficiency semi-annually, by his warrant on 
the State Treasurer for its payment out of any 
money not otherwise appropriated. 

Sec. 1211 (1216) (1135). Acts relative to University 
not repealed. The various Acts of the General As- 
sembly relative to said University, in force at the 
time of the adoption of this Code, if not embraced 
herein, and not inconsistent with what is so em- 
braced, are still of force. 

(Sees. 1217 to 1240, inclusive, superseded by Act 
of 1870, p. 455.) 



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AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OF THE 
STATE UNIVERSITY TO ELECT THE GOV- 
ERNOR AS A MEMBER OF THEIR 
BOARD WHETHER THERE BE A 
VACANCY AT THE TIME 
OR NOT. 



Oovernor 
of State 
member of 
Board of 
Trustees. 



An Act to amend the charter of the State Univer- 
sity, so as to authorize the Board of Trustees to 
elect the Governor of this State a member of said 
Board, and for other purposes. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Ac t3 of 
of the State of Georgia, That the charter of the J^g 
State University be, and the same is, hereby 
amended, so as to authorize and empower the Board 
of Trustees of said University to elect the Governor 
of this State a member of said Board if they see fit 
at any time, whether there be a vacancy in said 
Board at the time or not; provided, however, that if 
said Board should elect the Governor a member 
thereof, at a time when there is no vacancy on said 
Board, then and in that event the said Board shall 
have no authority to fill the next vacancy that may 
occur in said Board after said election. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby, repealed. 



Common School Laws. 7 7 



GEORGIA REPORTS, ETC., FOR STATE 
UNIVERSITY. 

Acts of Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 

pagefaV °f Georgia, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby 
authorized to furnish to the University of Georgia, 
from the State Library, the last Code of Georgia, 
and such volumes of the Reports of the Supreme 
Court of Georgia as are not contained in the Uni- 
versity Library. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority Also future 
aforesaid, That the Governor shall furnish the Uni- volumes - 
versity of Georgia, the future volumes of the Su- A n ^P ublie 
preme Court Reports, and such other public books 
as are furnished by the State to the several counties. 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF VISITORS TO 
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 

Acts of 1887 Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of ^^ 
page 67. Georgia do hereby enact, That the Governor shall 
annually appoint five experienced educators, citi- 
zens of the State, as a special Board of Visitors to 
attend the examinations of the University of Geor- Duty of. 
gia, preceding the annual commencement, and to 
examine personally into the condition and manage- 
ment of said institution. Said visitors, or a major- 
ity of them, shall submit their report in writing as 
soon thereafter as possible to the Governor, in which 



78 Common School Laws. 

they shall report upon the character of the examina- 
tions aforesaid, the condition and management of 
said institution, together with any suggestions and 
recommendations thereon as they may deem proper. 
Said report shall be laid before the General Assem- 
bly by the Governor. 

Quorum. Sec. 2. A majority of said Board shall constitute 
a quorum. Such visitors shall receive a compensa- 

compensa- tion for their services, four ($4.00) dollars per diem, 
estimating from the date of leaving their homes, 
and mileage each way by the nearest practicable 
route to Athens, at the rate of three cents per mile. 
The whole service of said Board shall not exceed 
ten days. 

Sec. 3. That section 1201 of the Code of 1882, re- 
lating to the appointment of said special Board of 
Visitors, and all other laws and parts of laws, in 
conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 



APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 

Board of Section 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the ^gg 1889 
£™i^ r e s s it of passage of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the page ' 
of Georgia. University of Georgia shall be composed of one 
member from each congressional district of the 
Howap- State, four from the State at large, two from the 
pointed, city of Athens, and the Chairman ex officio of the 
Board of Directors of the Technological School, all 
of whom, except the latter, shall be appointed by 
the Governor and confirmed by the Senate under 
the rules governing the appointment and confirma- 
tion of other officers of this State required by law to 
be confirmed by the Senate. 



Common School Laws. 79 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the term of Thetermo{ 
office of said Trustees shall be eight years, and until office. 
their successors are appointed, confirmed and quali- 
fied. The first appointments under this Act shall 
be made by the Governor (and confirmed by the Sen- 
ate), before the first day of September, 1889, and 
thereafter by the Senate; four of them shall be ap- 
pointed for two years, four for four years, and four 
for six years, and four for eight years, and as the 
first term of these appointees expires their successors Their suc- 
shall be appointed and confirmed biennially, there- cessors - 
after for a full term of eight years. It is the inten- 
tion of this Act to provide for the appointment of 
two Trustees from the City of Athens, exclusive of lthens 
one from the congressional district in which said Trustees. 
city may be located, and in the appointments first 
made, under this Act, each one of the three Trustees 
thus allotted this district shall be appointed respect- 
ively, one to each of the three short terms above 
provided for. Of the four Trustees first appointed 
from the State at large, one shall be named for each 
of the periods above mentioned — two, four, six and 
eight years — and their successors shall be appointed 
for a full term of eight years. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That persons to be gjsjg^ 
eligible to the office of Trustee shall be citizens of Trustee. 
this State; shall be residents of the districts from 
which they are appointed; shall be at least twenty- 
five years of age, and shall not be a Trustee of any 
other male college or university, excluding branch 
colleges of the University and high schools or acad- 
emies, and shall be chosen with special reference 
and fitness for, and capacity to exercise the duties 
of the office of Trustee. The Governor shall be ex ^Gov- 
officio a member of the Board of Trustees, and shall officio 
attend its meetings when possible and shall be enti- member. 
tied to all the privileges of membership in the 
Board. 



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To fill all 
vacancies. 



Chairman. 



Annual 
meetings. 



Rules and 
regu la- 
vions. 



Present 
Board 



Office of 
members 
declared 
vacant for 
failure to 
attend 
tbree suc- 
cessive 
meetings. 



Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in case of 
resignation or death of any member of the Board, 
the Governor shall fill such unexpired terms in the 
same manner as above provided for, such appoint- 
ments to be confirmed by the Senate at its next 
meeting after the same is made. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Board of 
Trustees as above provided for, shall meet in the 
city of Athens, at twelve o'clock on the third 
Wednesday of September next, and shall elect one 
of their number as its presiding officer, who shall be 
called the " Chairman of the Board of Trustees." 
Thereafter they may meet subject to their own 
order. But they must assemble in annual session in 
the city of Athens, on the Thursday preceding the 
Sunday of the commencements of the University. 
They may establish such rules and regulations for 
their own direction as they deem proper, and may 
fix the terms of the offices of their Chairman and 
Secretary; and they are hereby vested with all the 
powers, privileges and rights invested in the present 
Board of Trustees, and are hereby charged with all 
the duties, obligations and responsibilities now in- 
cumbent on the same. The existence of the present 
Board shall expire with the qualification and organ- 
ization of the Board provided for in this Act. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the office of 
any member of the Board of Trustees shall be va- 
cated if he neglects to furnish good and satisfactory 
excuse in writing to the Board for absence from two 
successive meetings thereof; and if any member for 
any cause fails to attend three successive meetings 
of the Board, his office shall be declared vacant by 
the Board, and the Secretary shall in either event 
notify the Governor of a vacancy in the Board, and 
the Governor shall fill the same as above provided 
for. 



Common School Laics. 81 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That the members compensa- 
of the Board shall receive for their compensation members. 
the sum of four dollars for each day of actual at- 
tendance at the meetings thereof, and mileage in 
actual fare to and from the place of meeting by the 
nearest practicable route from their homes, said 
per diem and mileage to be paid by the State Treas- how paid. 
urer out of the funds of the State on presentation 
of vouchers of the members, approved by the Chair- 
man and signed by the Secretary of the Board; 
provided, that the per diem of said Trustees shall not Prcms0 - 
be paid for any longer period than ten days in one 
vear. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Board of JJgSKo 
Trustees shall submit to the General Assembly, the Gov - 

cm or. 

through the Governor, biennial reports of their 
transactions, together with such information as is 
necessary to show the condition of the University 
and with such suggestions as it may think condu- 
cive to the good of the University and the cause of 
education in the State. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 
same are, hereby repealed. 



ADMITTING WHITE FEMALE STUDENTS 

INTO ALL OF THE BRANCH COLLEGES 

OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. 

Acts of iss9 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly A [] m ^ tt f g Dg 
page 123.-. of the State of Georgia, That all the branch colleges male stu- 
of the State University of Georgia,, that have been branch 
and may hereafter be established, shall be open to con e^«of^ 
all white female students of proper age and qualifi- sity. 
cations, with equal rights and privileges as those 
exercised and enjoyed by male students of such 



£2 Common School Laws. 

institutions, under such rules and regulations as 
may be prescribed by the several Boards of Trustees 
of said institutions. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 
same are, hereby repealed. 



REGULATING DUTIES BOARDS OF VISITORS 

AND TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY 

OF GEORGIA, ETC. 

when re- Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly £-5^ °| 1894 
Board f of °^ ^ n ^ s State, That from and after the passage of 
visitors be this Act, it shall be the duty of the Board of Vis- 
trustees. 016 itors for the University of Georgia, appointed annu- 
ally by the Governor under the law applicable 
thereto., to complete and make up the report re 
quired of them, and lay the same before the Trus- 
Board tees of said institution on or before the Saturday 
visitorsio preceding the annual commencement day of said 
ror S tant im institution. The said Board of Visitors shall also, 
coming to at the same time, present to the Trustees in writing, 
knowied e an ^ m atter of importance coming to their knowl- 
edge during their examination of the institution, 
^fg|eT- ake which, in their opinion, is material to the welfare, 
thFsame S ood management, and success of the same, making 
as seem. such suggestions touching the matter as may seem 
proper. to ^ gaid Boar( j f visitors meet and proper; pro- 
5e aiai t0 vided, however, that the making of the report herein 
made to the provided for shall not take the place of the report 
Governor. qw required to be made to the Governor under ex- 
isting laws. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 

uontobe" aforesaid, That the Board of Trustees of the Uni- 

%Tetl'., versity of Georgia, shall give to said report and the 

ofTmstee* ma tter accompanying the same, due and careful 

es ' consideration, and, in their discretion, take final 

action on such matters as may be therein embraced, 



Common School Laws. 83 

looking to the welfare, government, discipline and 
success of said institution. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority Duty of 
aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the members attlnT 3 10 
of the Board of Trustees of said institution to at- meeting of 
tend the meetings of the Board, so as to take part 
in its deliberations, and whenever any Trustee shall 
be engaged at the time prescribed for the annual 
meeting of the Trustees, as counsel or party in any Engage- 
case pending in the courts of this State, and such cou^sef en- 
case shall be called for trial during the regular ses- P art J" s° od 

° around for 

sions of said Board, his absence to attend such ses- postpone- 
sion shall be good ground for postponement or con- "sef ° f 
tinuance of the case till the session of the Board 
shall have come to an end. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority Pursuit of 
aforesaid, That in prescribing the course of study Bachelor 
to be followed in said University it shall be the duty encour- be 
of the Trustees, in so far as the same can be done aged. 
without detriment to the other departments, to en- 
courage and promote, by the disposition of the time 
and attention of the students, the regular course of 
Bachelor of Arts, in order that said course shall not 
be subordinated to any other course in the institu- 
tion. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority Effldeney 
aforesaid, That the Board of Trustees shall, in their {£» ofthe 
discretion, ordain and establish such rules and meas- ^^^ a ^ 
ures as will, in their judgment, tend to secure the be pro- 
efficiency and promote the success of the two liter- mo 
ary debating societies in said institution, and to 
the encouragement of oratory and composition 
among the students attending the exercises in these 
societies. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act shall be, and the same are, hereby 
repealed. 



84 Common School Laws. 



GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 

code of Section 1227. Academy for Deaf and Dumb; how 

1882. governed. John H. Dent, S. C. Troute, John W. 

Turner, J. S. Stewart, Samuel A. Echols, Dr. R. W. 
North, and Seaborn Jones, and their successors in 
office, shall constitute a Board of Trustees for the 
Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf 
and Dumb; the Governor to have power, as hereto- 
fore, to remove for cause at any time, and to fill all 
vacancies that may occur in said Board of Trustees, 
and said Board of Trustees shall meet at Cave 
Springs as soon as practicable after their appoint- 
ment, and proceed to take charge of the affairs of 
said Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and to 
adopt such by-laws for its government, in conform- 
ity to this charter, as they may deem necessary. 

Sec. 1228. (Superseded by foregoing section.) 

Sec. 1229. Principal, how elected and to whom re- 
sponsible. The Principal of said Institution is elect- 
ed by said Board of Trustees, and shall reside in 
the Institution. He is responsible to them, and his 
acts subject to their veto. 

Sec. 1230. Subordinate officers, regulations, etc. 
Said Principal has authority to nominate all his 
subordinate officers and employees, subject to the 
approval of the Board. He shall make all regula- 
tions of internal police; shall authorize-all purchases 
of ordinary supplies, and examine and certify to the 
correctness of bills of such supplies to be paid by 
the Treasurer. 

Sec. 1231. Exclusive powers and duties of Principal. 
He shall be the sole official medium of commu- 
nication between the Board and subordinate offi- 
cers and employees of the Institution, and shall have 
the exclusive direction and control of the system 
of religious and moral instruction. 



Common School Laics. 85 

Sec. 1232. Board of Visitors. The Governor may 
in his discretion, appoint a Board of Visitors to con- 
sist of such a number as he may think best, and 
when appointed, their rights and duties are the same 
as those of the Visitors of the Academy of the 
Blind. 

Sec. 1233. Contracts, how made valid. Xo con- 
tract of said Board of Trustees shall be valid unless 
it is first recorded by the Secretary in a book kept 
for that purpose, signed by the President and coun- 
tersigned by the said Secretary. 

Sec. 1231. Vacancy in Board of Trustees, how filled. 
When a vacancy occurs in said Board, the Secreta- 
ry, or any member, shall notify the Governor with- 
in twenty days, and the vacancy must be filled 
within thirty days from said notice. 

Sec. 1235. Deaf mutes, how educated and clothed. 
(All deaf and dumb children shall be educated 
free of charge; but it shall be the duty of parents 
or guardians of such deaf and dumb children to fur- 
nish them with the necessary clothing during the 
time said child or children may remain in the In- 
stitution, unless the parents or guardians of such 
children are wholly unable to furnish clothing; then 
and in that case, the ordinary of the county from 
which the child or children are sent, will certify 
that fact to the Board of Trustees, under his hand 
■or seal of office, naming the child or children in 
said certificate, as well as the name of the parents, 
guardians or other person having charge of them; 
certifying that the parents or guardians are wholly 
unable to furnish their clothing; then, and in that 
case, the Institution will furnish the necessary 
clothing and will also furnish shoes for all without 
distinction.) (a) 

Sec. 1235(a). Treasurer, how elected and Ms duty. 
The Board of Trustees shall elect a Treasurer, who 
shall give good and sufficient bond, payable to the 
said Board, for the faithful performance of his 



Common School Laws. 

duties, and shall keep a full and accurate account 
of all moneys received and paid out, and shall make 
an annual report to the Board. He shall be re- 
quired to keep his books in such condition that the- 
financial standing of the Institution may be seen 
at any time. 

Sec. 1235(b). Election and duty of Secretary. The 
Board of Trustees shall elect a Secretary, whose 
duty it shal be to keep a neat and true record of the 
meetings of the Board, and of other matters that 
may be deemed necessary, and the offices of Secre- 
tary and Treasurer may be conferred upon one per- 
son if thought advisable. 

Sec. 1235(c). Annual report of Trustees. The 
Board of Trustees shall make an annual report to 
the Governor of all their acts and doings, and a 
full statement of the condition of said Institution, 
which report shall be submitted to the legislature. 

Sec. 1235(d). Who may be educated and how long. 
All deaf and dumb persons in the State of Georgia, 
between the ages of ten and twenty-seven years, who 
are in a condition mentally and physically to receive 
instruction, shall be entitled to all the benefits of 
said Institution for a period of seven years, and the 
Board of Trustees shall have authority, upon the 
recommendation of the Principal, to allow an addi- 
tional term of three years to such pupils as have ex- 
hibited a commendable energy and a mental capac- 
ity to be benefited, and the conferring of this privi- 
lege to be conditional upon good behavior and dili- 
gent application. 

Sec. 1235(e). Day scholars may be admitted. The 
parent or guardian of any deaf and dumb mute, or 
semi-mute, shall be permitted, if they so desire, to 
send such child to the State Institution for the Deaf 
and Dumb, at Cave Springs, as day scholars, and 
boarding such child at their own expense, outside of 
said Institution, at such convenient and accessible 
place as they may select. 



Common School Laws. 87 

Sec. 1236. Teachers may be educated. (The Board 
of Trustees may, in their discretion, select some 
educated young men of this State, who may desire 
to learn the mute or sign language, upon the condi- 
tion that they will obligate themselves to teach in 
the Institution as many years as may be agreed 
upon by the Board at the time he enters the In- 
stitution.) (a) 

Sec. 1237. Provisions of previous chapter applicable. 
All the provisions of the preceding chapter not in 
conflict with the preceding sections of this chapter 
apply to the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, to 
its Boards of Trustees and Visitors, its officers and 
other officers of the State or county upon whom any 
duty is enjoined — the words "deaf and dumb" being 
substituted whenever the words "the blind" occur. 
(The Board of Trustees of the Academy of the Deaf 
and Dumb, or any one or more of them, may, in the 
discretion of the Governor, be removed by him upon 
the recommendation of the Board of Visitors of 
said Institution, and he is authorized to appoint 
their successors.) (a) 



APPROPRIATION FOR DEAF AND DUMB 
ASYLUM. 

Acts of 1887 Whereas, The Trustees and officers of the Georgia 
page 7. Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, 
in their 24th report, submitted to His Excellency, 
Henry D. McDaniel, Governor of the State of Geor- 
gia, under date of October 1st, 1886, call special 
attention to the unfinished condition of the new 
school building of said Institution, and ask for an 
appropriation of six thousand dollars, to complete 
said new building with basement included, and to 
furnish same with apparatus, slates, desks, chairs, 
etc.; and 



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Amount 
appro- 
priated. 



Purposes 
appro- 
priated. 



How and 
when to be 
paid. 



Proviso. 



Prelimina- 
ries to 
make ap- 
propri- 
ation avail- 
able. 



Whereas, Said Trustees and officers aforesaid, 
further call attention to their report, to the worn- 
out condition of the roof on the old building of the 
Institution aforesaid, and recommend the replace- 
ment thereof with a mansard roof, so constructed 
that the space gained can be utilized for much 
needed dormitories — and for this purpose, and for 
a general remodeling of the interior, as well as for 
new floors in some of the rooms and in the shop — 
ask for an appropriation of the sum of six thousand 
dollars for said purposes; and 

Whereas, His Excellency, Henry D. McDaniel, 
Governor of the State of Georgia, in his message of 
November 3d, 1886, to the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, fully concurs in said report of said 
officers and Trustees aforesaid, and recommends 
said appropriations asked for by said Trustees and 
officers in their said report; therefore, 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by 
authority of the same, That the sum of nine thou- 
sand dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropri- 
ated to the Georgia Institution for the Education 
of the Deaf and Dumb, for the purposes and uses 
hereinbefore set forth and specified; said sum of 
nine thousand dollars to be subject to the drafts of 
said Board of Trustees aforesaid, in sums not to 
exceed forty-five hundred dollars, for and during the 
year 1887, and forty-five hundred dollars, for and 
during the year 1888, out of any moneys in the 
treasury not otherwise appropriated; provided, that 
said sum shall be expended under the supervision of 
the Governor, and that only so much thereof as is 
absolutely necessary shall be used for the purposes 
aforesaid. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That no part of the 
foregoing appropriation shall be subject to the draft 
of the Board of Trustees until they shall have pro- 
cured and accepted plans and specifications for the 



Common School Laics. 89 

whole of the work contemplated to be done under 
this Act, on the old or dormitory building - , and shall 
have obtained and accepted proposals from respon- 
sible contractors, under bond for the completion of 
all the work contemplated for both buildings show- 
ing that the whole work will be completed within 
the amount therein appropriated. These facts being 
made to appear by affidavit of a majority of the 
Board of Trustees, and the same being filed in the 
executive office, drafts may then be drawn as herein 
provided. The Trustees shall, each month after the 
work is begun, file in the executive office an item- 
ized statement of all the expenditures for the month 
previous. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



FOR DEAF AXD DUMB INSTITUTE. 

Acts of Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ^ m ^^ 

p 8 a* } e 9 24. °^ Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority ated. 
of the same, That the sum of fifteen thousand dol- 
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and 
the same is, hereby, appropriated to the Georgia 
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, to be expended 
by the Board of Trustees for the following purposes : 
For the erection and equipping of a steam laundry; For what 
for the purchasing of necessary boilers and engines purpos 
for steam heating the buildings, and for furnishing 
power for running dynamos, shop machinery and 
pumping water; for increasing capacity of water- 
works for fire protection; for purchasing hose, hose- 
carriage, fire-plugs, fire escapes, and piping build- 
ings; for finishing up rooms in new roof of the dor- 
mitory; for purchasing furniture for the same, and 
for the school-rooms and kitchen; for drainage; for 



90 Common School Laws. 

repairing roof of building for colored pupils, and 
for work on grounds. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws mili- 
tating against this Act be, and the same are, hereby 
repealed. 



CHANGING THE NAME OF THE GEORGIA 

INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION 

OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. 

Nam e Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts on 

-S-fa 10 of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this page ' 
school for Act, the Institution heretofore known as "The 

Georgia Institution for the Education of the Deaf 

and Dumb," be changed to " Georgia School for the 

Deaf." 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 

parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the 

same are, hereby repealed. 



the Deaf.' 



APPROPRIATION FOR THE INSTITUTION 
FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. 

Trustees Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Acts of isos 
^ insti- f Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of pag 
Delf and the same, That, the Trustees for the Georgia Insti- 
?h U orized U to tute for the Deaf and Dumb, be, and they are, here- 
suftab?e ct b y authorized to construct suitable buildings on the ■ 
buildings grounds of the Institute, at Cave Springs, Georgia, 
chanicai for the instruction of the inmates of said Institute 
triann- us " in mechanical and industrial trades and pursuits 
struction. b es t suited to their condition and qualifications, 
such as painting, printing, wood and iron repair 
work, cabinet work, shoemaking, carpentering, 
dairying, agriculture, type-writing, and such other 



Common School Laws. 91 

trades and pursuits of like kind as they may be 
suited or qualified to learn and follow, such build- 
ings and equipments not to cost over $5,500. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said buildings 
shall be constructed and equipped on plans to be 
examined and approved by the Board of Trustees of 
said Institute, and no moneys shall be paid for the 
construction or equipment of said buildings, until 
the claims shall have been presented to and ap- 
proved by the Board of Trustees. When con- 
structed and equipped, said building shall become 
and be a part of said Institute, and shall be under 
and subject to the management and control of said 
Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees to 
Trustees shall provide for the proper instruction Sfor 6 
and training of the inmates of said Institute, in the panmlnt 
trades and pursuits aforesaid, and shall fix and pre- 
scribe rules and regulations for the management 
and control of the mechanical and industrial depart- 
ment herein provided for. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the sum of swooap. 
five thousand and five hundred dollars ($5,500), or ? r r O c p o£ ted - 
so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the a™""* 
same is, hereby appropriated for the purpose of con- in D gsa £ ft mp ~ 
structing and equipping suitable buildings for the bu,ldm - 
purposes aforesaid. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and Re P eals 
parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the iavvs fl .' cUDg 
same are, hereby repealed. 



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ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. 

code of Section 1212. Location, etc., of Academy for Blind. 

An institution for the education of the blind is 
located at Macon, under the control of seven Trus- 
tees already appointed. 

Sec. 1213. Trustees a body corporate. They are a 
'body corporate, and have all the powers and duties 
appertaining to similar institutions of this State in 
their corporate capacity as Trustees of the Academy 
for the Blind. 

Sec. 1214. Powers of Trustees. The Trustees have 
the power — 

1. To appoint such officer,;, teachers and matrons 
as may be necessary; to prescribe their duties, fix 
their salaries, and to remove or discontinue them at 
pleasure. 

2. To prescribe the course of studies, establish 
the rates of tuition, and adjust the expenditures of 
the Institution. 

3. To adopt such rules and regulations, not in 
conflict with law, as the interest of the Academy 
may require. 

Amended Sec. 1215. All indigent blind persons between the 
lm-sf ° f a & es °^ seven an( * twenty-five years, who shall have 
page 6i. ' given satisfactory evidence of having been a resi- 
dent of this State for at least two years prior to his 
or her application, shall be selected by the Trustees 
from the different counties of this State, received 
into the Academy, and supported and educated 
gratuitously to the extent the funds will permit. 

Sec. 1216. Applicants, how apportioned. When 
there are more applicants than can be accommo- 
dated, they shall be apportioned among the several 
counties, according to representative population. 

Sec. 1217. Number of pupils, how regulated. Unless 
the funds will otherwise permit, there shall here- 



Common School Laws. 9& 

after be but one indigent pupil from the counties 
applying, and in case there are not means enough 
to receive one from each county applying, those shall 
be received first who first make application. A 
beneficiary shall not remain at the charge of the 
Institution longer than four years. 

Sec. 1218. Pay pupils, how received. All others ■ 

than the indigents are to be received upon such 
terms as the Trustees may impose. 

Sec. 1219. Treasurer must give bond. The Treas- 
urer of the Board shall give bond and security in 
the sum of three thousand dollars. 

Sec. 1220. Trustees must report to the Governor. 
The Trustees must make annual report to the Gov- 
ernor of all the affairs of the institution, sending 
therewith the annual report of the Principal or 
Superintendent, and shall propose such alterations 
and improvements as they may desire, which the 
Governor shall lay before the General Assembly 
with his Annual Message, 
appoint a board of ten Visitors for said Academy, 

Sec. 1221. Board of Visitors. The Governor shall 
who shall meet the Board of Trustees at the Acad- 
emy annually, at such time as the latter may 
designate. 

Sec. 1222. Powers and duty of visitors. (Said Board 
of Visitors shall report to the Governor such 
matters as they may deem advisable, which report 
shall be by the Governor laid before the General 
Assembly in connection with his Annual Message.)(a) 

Sec. 1223. Vacancy in Board of Trustees, how sup- 
plied. The Trustees shall fill vacancies in their own 
body, as do the Trustees of the Georgia University. 
When a vacancy occurs, and is filled, it must be re- 
ported to the Governor. Their ineligibility is like- 
wise the same as those last mentioned. 

Sec. 1224. Statistics for the blind, how obtained. 
The receiver of each county must keep a column 



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for and receive the numbers of the blind, between 
the ages of seven and twenty-five, a statement of 
which shall be obtained annually by said Board of 
Trustees, from the Comptroller-General's office. 
Before the digest is sent by the tax-receiver to the 
Comptroller, the ordinary of each county shall ex- 
amine (with such receiver) his list of the blind, and 
correct (by memoranda thereto attached) any mis- 
take. 

Sec. 1225. List of indigent blind. The ordinary 
shall also take down the names of such as are indi- 
gent, and procure their admission into the asylum, 
if possible; and, if from any cause they are not re- 
ceived, he shall report to the Board of Trustees, the 
names, ages and sex of such, who shall keep a record 
of all such reports. 



APPROPRIATION FOR THE ACADEMY FOR 
THE BLIND. 



Preamble. 



Amount 
appropri- 
ated. 



Whereas, The public buildings now in use for the A a 3t |?6 1889 
inmates of the Academy for the Blind, are entirely 
insufficient for the proper accommodation and secur- 
ity of said inmates; and 

Whereas, It is absolutely necessary that a dormi- 
tory be provided for these unfortunate wards of the 
State; therefore 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or 
so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the 
same is, hereby appropriated out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
erection of a dormitory at the Academy for the 
Blind, located at Macon, for the use of the inmates 
of said Academy. 



Common School Laws. 95 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority Purposes 
aforesaid, That the said sum of fifteen thousand priaE " 
dollars, or so much as may be necessary, shall be 
paid to the Trustees of the Academy for the Blind, 
to be used and expended by them in the erection 
of said dormitory, whenever the Governor of this ^enTcfbe 
State shall approve the drafts of the President of paid. 
said Board of Trustees, to be made upon the Treas- 
urer of the State in such sums and amounts as may 
be necessary, from time to time, in carrying out the 
provisions of this Act; and provided further, that 
the Governor shall also approve the plans and speci- 
fications which may be submitted for the erection of 
the dormitory as aforesaid. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



SPECIAL APPROPRIATION TO THE" 
ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. 

Acts of 1892 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly f ^^ 011 ' 
page 20. of the State of Georgia, That the sum of four thou- fars appro- 
sand dollars (f 4,000), or so much thereof as may be P riated - 
found necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appro- and 
priated to the Academy for the Blind, to be ex- whlVto te 
pended by the Trustees thereof for the following paid< 
purposes, to wit: The material improvement of the 
buildings and grounds of said Institution, for furni- 
ture for said Institution, and for providing suitable 
fire escapes for the buildings of said Institution. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 



DIPLOMA FROM GORDON INSTITUTE SUFFI- 
CIENT LICENSE TO TEACH IN THE STATE 
SCHOOLS. 

Sec. III. * * * A diploma or certificate of 
proficiency granted by the faculty (of Gordon Insti- 
tute) shall be a sufficient license to teach in the 
State schools. 

Approved December 17, 1894- 



INDEX. 



Academy for the Blind 92 

Addresses to be delivered by State School Commissioner 16 

Admission to common schools 36 

Appeals to State School Commissioner 16 

Appeals to State Board of Education 6 

Applicants for teachers' places, by whom recommended 14 

Apportionment of School Fund 21 

Arbor Day 42 

Attendants upon County Institutes 29 

B 

Bible cannot be excluded from common schools 16 

C 

Census, School 36 

Certificate of election of members of County Board of Education 11 

Clerk of State School Commissioner 10 

Compensation of members County Board of Education 11 

Contracts with teachers 13 

County Board of Education 11 

County Board of Education, a judicial tribunal 15 

County Institutes 29 

County Institute, sessions may be combined 29 

County Institute experts, how chosen 30 

County Line, pupils crossing 36 

County Line schools, teachers' accounts for 36 

County School Commissioner, claims for services, how made and paid . . 19 

County School Commissioner, compensation for services 19 

County School Commissioner, duties of 19 



100 Index. 

County School Commissioner, examination of, bond, oath 17 

County School Commissioner,' makes quarterly report 21 

County School Commissioner, office to be furnished 19 

County School Commissioner, removal of 17 

County School Commissioner, reports of 20 

County School Commissioner, salary of in certain instances 43 

County School Commissioner, vacancy in office, how filled 18 

D 

Decisions of State Board, when valid 7 

Disbursement of School Fund 22 

Disbursement of School Fund to Local Schools 23 

Donations to State Board of Education for educational purposes, how 

invested 6 

E 

Employment of teachers 13 

Examination of applicants for teachers' license 31 

Exemption of school property from taxation 37 

Expenses of Department of Education 9 

Evening schools 37 

G 

Georgia Normal and Industrial College 55 

Georgia Normal and Industrial College Board of Visitors 61 

Georgia School for the Deaf 84 

Grades of license 32 



Itemized expense account of Department of Education 10 

Itemized statements of County School Commissioners 21 



License, diploma from Gordon Institute sufficient 97 

License, each teacher must hold 28 

License, granted by Board of Education 32 

License, grades of 32 



Index. 101 

License, how made good in other counties 32 

License, revocation of 33 

Local school systems 38 

Local taxation by counties for common schools 39 

Location of schools 13 

Long term schools 27 

M 

Manual labor schools 36 

Moneys and titles to land donated to State Board of Education for edu- 
cational purposes, by whom kept 6 



Oath, State School Commissioner to subscribe to 10 

Oaths can be administered by school officers 19 

Officers of County Board of Education, how chosen 12 

Operation of schools, arrangements for 23 

Operation of schools, time of 23 

P 

Pay of teachers, when due 22 

Q 

Quarterly statements by County School Commissioner 21 

B, 

Races taught separately 15 

Races, separate schools for 36 

Removal from office of members of County Boards of Education 12 

Report of State School Commissioner 9 

Reports of teachers 28 

S 

Salary, County Boards may employ a teacher at 32 

Salary of County School Commissioner in certain instances 43 

Salary of State School Commissioner 8 

Scholastic month, definition of 38 



102 Index. 

School census 34 

School district, eac'h county a 11 

School property 14 

School property, exemption from taxation 37 

School Fund for each year 24 

School Fund, basis of estimating 25 

School Fund, division of 24 

School Fund, estimate of for ensuing year 24 

School Fund, sources of 25 

School Fund, when specified taxes fall short 24 

School Fund, apportionment of 21 

School Fund, disbursement of 22 

School Fund, estimate of 23 

School Fund, forfeiture of 37 

School Fund, proportion of each county, how determined 21 

School Fund, tax money belonging to, to whom paid 21 

School Fund, when not sufficient to pay indebtedness of any county ... 22 

School tax kept separate 26 

School year „ 22 

Special examination of applicants for teachers' license 31 

State Board of Education, members, officers, meetings 5 

State Industrial College for Colored Persons 65 

State license, how issued 33 

State Normal School 44 

State School Commissioner, how chosen, duties of 8 

Sub-district or county line, pupils crossing 36 

Subordinate officers, how governed 8 

Suits to be instituted by State School Commissioner 9 

Sub-school district 13 

T 

Teachers employed by Boards of Education 13 

Teachers' pay, when due 22 

Teachers, reports of 28 

Technological School 48 

Technological School, commission for 53 

Text Books 16 



Index. 1 03 

Text Books, contracts for 16 

Trustees of common schools 13 

TT 

University of Georgia 71 

University of Georgia, appointment of trustees for 79 

University of Georgia, Board of Visitors 77 

University of Georgia, trustees authorized to elect the Governor a mem- 
ber of their hoard 76 

V 

Vacancies in County Board of Education, how filled 8 

Visits counties, duty of State School Commissioner 12 

W 

Warrants for each county, when drawn 22 

Warrants, payment of, to County School Commissioners 22 

White female students admitted to all branches of the State University. 81 



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